An employer has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $560,000 in damages, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to alter its system of work for a manual handling task.
The benefits of adopting harmonised WHS Regulations for the mining sector will outweigh the costs, while safety standards could diminish under the alternative options, according to a regulatory impact statement.
The $130,000 Oracle s-xual harassment case shows that "well-intentioned but unskilled attempts" to respond to workers' complaints can cause as much damage as harassment itself, according to a lawyer.
The independent inquiry into the Hazelwood Coal Mine fire in Victoria earlier this year has called for the mine operator and other employers to upgrade their emergency response and communication strategies.
Workers aged under 44 with physically demanding jobs are more likely than older workers in similar roles to claim workers' compensation for musculoskeletal injuries, suggesting employers should keep younger workers in mind when introducing safety interventions, Australian researchers have found.
Lend Lease has slashed its injury rate by transforming its leadership culture, but hit a stumbling block when it declared a victory on safety prematurely, according to a senior manager.
OHS professionals and other managers can engage workers in safety by using "little bits of detail" about them to get to know them better and gain their trust and respect, says John Holland Group structure superintendent Kerry Brand.
An employer that relied on an experienced contractor to ensure the safety of a structure, which collapsed and injured a number of people, is the first entity to be fined under the ACT's mirror WHS laws.
A worker who claims he was unfairly tested for drugs and sacked - less than three weeks after telling his manager he was trying to kick his cannabis addiction - posed an "unmanageable" safety risk to his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Two companies that owed a worker at a work Christmas party a duty of care aren't liable for injuries he sustained when he was assaulted, the Queensland Supreme Court has ruled.
