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A worker who claims she was forced to resign from her employment because her workplace wasn't safe, after a manager allegedly elbowed her down a flight of stairs, has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected.

Some workers could be bound by the conditions of a stop-bullying order for decades, in theory, with the Fair Work Commission not being required to apply timeframes or expiry dates to orders.

Injured worker's wife convicted of workers' comp fraud; Repeat OHS offender fined $70k; NSW releases void-safety video as Queenslander dies in fall; and Asbestos detected in mining product.

The anti-bullying application that led to a finding that the Fair Work Commission could consider pre-2014 incidents in such cases has been dismissed because the applicant's employer isn't a constitutionally-covered business.

An employer has been found guilty of breaching Queensland's mirror WHS Act in a case, according to a leading safety lawyer, that demonstrates how important it is for companies to challenge questionable prohibition or improvement notices.

Employers can detect and reduce the risks associated with working in hot environments by monitoring workers' heart rates and body temperatures, and looking for symptoms such as nausea and headaches, US researchers say.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered a workplace bully to refrain from commenting on his victim's clothes or appearance, as well as imposing a condition on the victim, in its first substantive anti-bullying order.

Employers urged to penalise poor OHS performers in wake of Glencore report; and Most dangerous-goods incidents linked to human error.

Glencore Xstrata reports 26 fatalities in a year; Mining employers warned about autonomous vehicles; and Mines Rescue celebrates birthday.

Employers need to contact employees who work alone or in remote locations at the start of, during and at the end of shifts, as a number of recent safety tragedies have shown, says WorkSafe WA director Joe Attard.