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A supervisor was unfairly dismissed for failing to personally report a safety incident involving an unqualified employee and an overhead crane, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, after finding his employer's policies were unclear on exactly how and when incidents should be reported.
Comcare has been accused of denying justice to victims of abuse at offshore processing centres by allowing the limitation period for WHS prosecutions to lapse, but the regulator has reiterated its claim, from the recent parliamentary inquiry into the matter, that the limitation period hasn't started yet.
A large employer has used a major office fitout as an opportunity to provide sit-to-stand desks and other ergonomic tools to help its desk-bound workers sit correctly.
Australian employers are being urged to keep on top of scientific developments on the use of mobile phones, after an Italian man was awarded workers' compensation for a brain tumour arising from excessive phone use.
A worker sacked for road rage has been awarded $15,000, after a commission found his complaint about being underpaid contributed to the decision to dismiss him.
Big companies need to lead by example and improve safety standards and practices in partnership with "smaller players" like their contractors and suppliers, according to a panel of top business leaders.
New safety Regulations have been made under three statutes in Victoria, and will commence at about the same time as proposed amendments to the OHS Act.
Project designers and principals should have contractual arrangements for testing products for asbestos, and be prepared for increased safety duties and regulatory powers, OHSS lawyer Katherine Morris says in this Q&A with OHS Alert.
