The Tasmanian Government has vowed to strengthen its mine safety laws and inspectorate, while NSW has moved a step closer to harmonising its mine safety laws, and Western Australia has released another draft version of its guide to mine safety supervision.
A Qantas employee who failed to change her notorious drinking habits was fairly sacked for turning up to an airport drunk, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A NSW employer that was acquitted of one OHS breach, but convicted of failing to "re-risk assess" an amended process that killed a worker and severely injured four others, has been fined $200,000.
A man who defamed and psychologically injured a co-worker, by sending an inappropriate email to thousands of employees, has been ordered to pay the co-worker $75,000 in damages.
Workers running the drug-testing gauntlet, survey reveals; Being crushed a leading cause of work deaths; Comcare tops RTW scorecard; and Presumptive cancer compensation promised for NT firefighters.
A Victorian employer has been convicted and fined $375,000 following a series of safety incidents involving poorly guarded machines, while a Western Australian company and its director have been fined after a 13-year-old girl was injured.
An employer that failed to instruct a worker not to stand on scaffolding rails, even if it was "obvious" to workers not to do so, has been ordered to pay him $725,000 in damages, after he fractured his spine in a five-metre fall.
An employer has successfully appealed against a $100,000 OHS fine, with the South Australian IRC overturning an earlier finding that its safety procedures were "alarmingly informal and complacent".
The model WHS Act should be amended to ensure health and safety reps are punished for abusing their powers, but its due diligence provisions should be maintained and broadly applied by employers, according to Ai Group.
Workers who are exposed to little natural light at their workplaces are more likely to sleep poorly and be fatigued, increasing the risk of errors and injuries, US researchers have found.
