Arbitrators in the NSW Workers Compensation Commission have discretion to decide whether to allow and to limit cross-examination of workers, the Court of Appeal has ruled in rejecting an employer's argument that it was denied procedural fairness.
The ABCC has won an interlocutory injunction restraining the CFMEU from picketing at a construction site, in a dispute over a company's failure to employ a union OHS officer.
The AMA is calling for changes to the Federal Government's WorkChoices reforms, arguing that they allow low-level and inappropriate healthcare practitioners to certify employees as unfit for work.
A supplier of hazardous chemicals and the health service that purchased them have each been fined $100,000 in the NSW Industrial Court for failing to comply with safety laws.
NSW to complete phase-out of "green cards" this month; Private Member's Bill would remove smoke-free exemptions; Tasmania releases draft infringement notice regulations; and Latest safety alerts and guides.
A South Australian employer and a contractor have been convicted and fined over a worker's serious injuries after neither provided supervision nor ensured that job safety analyses were followed for a task.
Queensland's Court of Appeal has overturned a landmark decision that found workers' damages claims for injuries sustained in journey accidents weren't limited in the same way as other personal injury claims in the State.
A Tasmanian employer's fine for unknowingly exposing its workers to asbestos has been increased following an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
