An employer might have prevented a supervisor's death if it conducted regular random inspections of its night-shift crew, the Queensland Coroner has found.
An HR manager acted inappropriately in sending the details of her bullying complaint against her CEO to a potential witness who worked for another company, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled in dismissing her adverse action claim.
The first non-pecuniary penalty orders made under NSW's mirror WHS Act show that WorkCover and the courts are "receptive" to applications for such orders in certain circumstances, according to a lawyer.
The Australian Industry Group has applauded the recall of an unsafe brand of electrical cable, but warns that "non-conforming products" are widely used in the building and construction sector, exposing workers and other end-users to serious safety risks.
A major Australian employer has, through a new coaching program, created a workplace environment where employees feel they can raise sensitive mental health issues with line managers.
A safety regulator has been accused, on the two-year anniversary of a double work fatality, of being "too close" to employers, while Safe Work Australia has been accused of siding with big business on the future of a model WHS Code of Practice.
European researchers have identified a link between disturbed sleep and the onset of radiating low back pain, and urge employers to provide workers with advice on how to get adequate sleep.
Employers have little to fear from the Fair Work Commission's new anti-bullying jurisdiction, with a "high number" of the applications received so far being resolved quickly and helping companies improve their HR practices, a conference has heard.
