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The ABCC Amendment Bill passed the Senate unamended last night, meaning employers can only be awarded and perform Commonwealth building work if their enterprise agreements comply with new drug testing rules and other provisions of a controversial Code.
Employers should erect speed-limit signs on workplace roads, and assess the collision risks posed by fixed roadside objects, a regulator has advised in light of a recent car crash.
A company could have lawfully terminated a worker's contract for accusing an HR manager of causing a fatality. Instead, it has been ordered to pay him compensation, after it dismissed him over a "relatively minor" incident several weeks later.
A major employer that was aware of a worker's psychiatric vulnerability, but left her under the supervision of an abrasive manager, has been ordered to pay her $625,345 in damages.
OHS courses and certificate IV training must be overhauled to transform safety from a "mechanical counting activity" to a "helping profession", risk expert Dr Robert Long says.
A worker formerly embroiled in discrimination proceedings against his employer has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that it forced him to resign by not allowing him to work from home to accommodate a psych injury.
Building industry participants have fewer than seven months to ensure their enterprise agreements comply with new Federal fitness-for-work and entry rules, under a Bill slashing the transitional period for the rules.
Employers have been urged to ensure their contractors have the skills to manage fatigue, after three companies were found liable for a worker's car-crash injuries and $1.25 million damages bill.
