An effective return-to-work process hinges on cooperation between injured workers' GPs and employer-appointed occupational physicians (OPs), but do the former doctors trust the latter?
A Victorian employer has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that a young injured worker - who can neither sit nor stand "for any significant length of time" - can perform light duties such as traffic controlling.
The Fair Work Commission has found that it can consider work incidents that occurred before January when determining applications for stop-bullying orders, and rejected an employer's claim that bullying was legally "neutral" before the new anti-bullying provisions took effect.
A worker suffered catastrophic injuries and died after her employer directed her to use a faulty cherry picker for "a purpose contrary to its design", the Queensland Coroner has found.
Two train drivers - one with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and another who suffered a stroke - were fairly sacked after being off work for more than 18 months, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Allowing work emails to be sent after hours or mismanaging structural change can contribute to mentally unhealthy work environments, the chair of the Mental Health Council of Australia has warned.
WA employer fined after poorly trained foreign worker killed; Fines for building-defect breaches increased 10-fold in ACT; and Tasmanian safety regulators going through transformation.
Origin has reduced its total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) by 32 per cent in 18 months by requiring workers to follow 11 "life-saving rules", according to the energy company's HSE general manager.
Director sacked worker with cancer to avoid sick-leave bill; Mine Safety Commissioner issues special alert after spate of deaths; and Collision, explosion and other incidents prompt new alerts and guides.
