Queensland has confirmed that a host of transitional arrangements for its mirror WHS Regulation will be extended by 12 months, while two model Codes of Practice will take effect in less than two weeks.
A worker who was repeatedly s-xually harassed by her manager, before being sacked for complaining about it and suffering a psychiatric illness, has been awarded $100,000 in damages.
Start date confirmed for heavy vehicle safety laws; Tasmania's safest employers announced; and New safety alerts and guidance released in five jurisdictions.
Through an award-winning safety system, an employer recorded - and fixed - 8000 hazards at its NSW workplaces last year, and has gone 15 months without a lost-time injury - a company record.
Most employers in the manufacturing industry's most hazardous sub-sector appreciate the importance of health and safety, but few proactively seek ways to improve their safety systems, instead relying on workers' "common sense", a new report has found.
Safe Work Australia has confirmed it will publish a guide - in lieu of a Code of Practice - on preventing workplace bullying, while the Federal Government says it will establish a Royal Commission into the disastrous home-insulation scheme, under which four young workers were killed.
A Victorian employer that failed to properly instruct or monitor security contractors has been found primarily responsible for a security guard's injuries. Also in this article, the Queensland Supreme Court has rejected a security guard's claim that his injuries were caused by insufficient staff numbers.
Depression-related absences hidden from employers; Presumptive workers' comp laws pass in WA; Future of heavy vehicle safety laws determined tomorrow; and ABCC-restoration Bill introduced.
A safety-incident interview that "transformed itself" into a disciplinary meeting was not a reasonable platform for sacking a worker who allegedly breached nine safety rules, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The South Australian Government says it will suspend three WHS Codes of Practice because builders believe they could push up the cost of houses, even though it ridiculed the Housing Industry Association (HIA) for making an identical claim just over a year ago.
