Western Australian employer fined for lockout failure after trainee mutilated; New Queensland mine safety laws pass through Parliament; New Victorian injury system to make premiums "more equitable"; and Employers warned of more safety scams.
WorkCover NSW is calling for feedback on a set of proposals it says will deliver more cost-effective services to injured workers. Also in this article, WorkCover has announced changes to the State's workers' comp rules that take effect on 1 April.
Tasmanian employee linked to adult DVD denied workers' comp; Workers' comp fraudsters found guilty; WorkCover NSW investigating amputation; and Safety alerts and mine report released.
In a case that upholds an employer's right to dismiss workers for misconduct that jeopardises their safety, Fair Work Australia has quashed a ruling that played down the seriousness of a worker's safety breach.
Safe Work Australia's new compendium of workers' compensation statistics has identified a decline in serious injury claims, and has once again shown there are far more work-related deaths than indicated in its notified fatalities reports.
The Queensland Coroner in investigating the deaths of two miners and a police officer has likened the risk of commuting while fatigued to drink driving, and is urging the Mines Inspectorate to enforce fatigue-management standards.
Injured NSW workers who are dismissed because of their condition are entitled to seek reinstatement through the State Industrial Relations Commission - even if their application has been rejected by a federal tribunal, a judge has ruled.
A Queensland secretary who injured her back while lifting a box of paper has been awarded nearly $240,000 in damages, after a judge found she had not been trained to lift things safely.
A Victorian worker should not have been permitted to perform heavy manual-handling work alone and without mechanical assistance, the Supreme Court has found, in awarding him more than $1,000,000 in damages.