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A principal contractor previously convicted and fined over a worker's three-metre fall, has been ordered to pay 40 per cent of the man's common law damages for failing to "retain and exercise a supervisory power".
Leading workplace lawyers say the recent Grant v BHP Coal decision further reinforces the principle that there are many situations in which employers can direct workers to undergo a medical examination by a company-nominated doctor.
A Safe Work Australia report has outlined three categories of WHS key performance indicators that support officers' due diligence obligations, and highlighted the importance of tailoring KPIs to organisational needs.
A worker caught using his mobile phone while unloading fuel from a tanker has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that his misconduct was merely a "30-second error of judgement" caused by fatigue and the stress of being bullied.
Elected health and safety representatives do not have an "overarching" right to decide which training course to attend under the model WHS Act, as claimed by a union and a misleading SafeWork NSW guide, a commission has ruled.
A double amputee has been granted supreme court permission to sue nine employers for damages, five years after he sustained his catastrophic injuries in what should have been an exclusion zone.
All workplace participants - from designers and customs brokers to workers - need to be aware of their WHS responsibilities relating to imported products, according to the CEO of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency.
