A worker who was told by his foreman to continue performing manual tasks immediately after he aggravated an ankle injury has been awarded nearly $550,000 in damages.
An employer customised its new health and safety management system to include company-specific terminology, which encourages workers to report hazards and comply with safety rules, according to its HR Manager.
Western Australia is expected to introduce model WHS Bills for general industry and for the resources sector by September, while the State's average workers' comp premium rate will fall for the second year in a row on 1 July.
Employers should embrace rather than oppose safety-related union entry rights, because officials usually enforce the safety standards mandated by company policies, a union leader has said in response to Queensland's new WHS changes.
Employer fined for telling worker he would be sacked on 65th birthday; Many pregnant workers experiencing OHS discrimination; and Scaffolding and electrical notices issued in post-Barangaroo blitz.
The Victorian Labor Party has made it clear that it won't introduce a mirror WHS Bill if it wins the next State election, while a leading OHS lawyer has called for the harmonisation "farce" to be scrapped and replaced with uniform laws.
Safety regulators are more likely than ever to ask PCBUs for evidence of their consultation processes, and to view minutes from committee meetings, a workplace health and safety lawyer has warned.
An employer unfairly replaced a worker on sick leave with a permanent employee after she didn't answer its phone calls, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Queensland's WHS Amendment Bill has passed through Parliament, with the Bill's architect - the Attorney-General - repeating his seemingly incongruous boast that work injury rates are falling under the current laws. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia is keeping tight-lipped on its position on the Queensland changes.
The Fair Work Commission has outlined a number of working arrangements that aren't covered by its anti-bullying jurisdiction or the model WHS Act, in rejecting a carer's application for stop-bullying orders against Centrelink employees.
