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The salaries of junior work health and safety professionals have soared, with those who perform "a lot of grunt work" on project start-ups earning more than their direct managers in some jurisdictions, according to safesearch's 2014-15 remuneration survey.

An employer that introduced cancer screening programs in response to employee concerns has detected at least one worker's cancer in its early stages, its chief executive says.

Employers that over-rely on cost-benefit analyses of WHS interventions are at risk of overlooking the high cost of incidents and allocating insufficient resources to safety, according to a new Safe Work Australia report.

• Victoria launches review into WorkSafe and TAC;
  
• Employer handed $24k bill after truck-loading incident;
  
• WorkSafe WA outlines safety rules for slinging loads;
  
• WorkCover NSW flags special Code for horse work; and
  
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"Highly educated" OHS professionals will continue to have plenty of employment opportunities across Australia in 2015, while workers' comp specialists will be in high demand in Sydney, according to Robert Walters' latest global salary survey.

The NSW Coroner has outlined how practical jokes played on a young apprentice during his employment with a major company significantly contributed to his depression and subsequent suicide.

• Crane designer fined for safety breach in WA first;
  
• New harmonised mining and rail laws start in NSW; and
  
• New report shows work death toll much higher than predicted.

A major fast food employer that was fined in 2006, for failing to ensure an injured worker received adequate first aid and medical treatment, has been fined again for an almost identical breach, this time after a worker suffered third-degree burns.

• Employer should have "reshaped" site to prevent death;
  
• NZ removes "best practice" term from safety guides;
  
• Tasmania auditing hazardous road works sites; and
  
• Agencies release alerts and publications in four jurisdictions.

An employer that negligently exposed a worker to asbestos in the 1970s has defeated a damages claim. The Northern Territory Supreme Court found the mesothelioma sufferer was statute-barred from making a claim, but the man has appealed the decision.