Queensland's OHS laws require that employers should refrain from starting businesses if they can't afford to ensure safety in their undertakings, the Industrial Court has ruled in increasing a small employer's fine.
A NSW Parliamentary Inquiry has recommended the establishment of a special tribunal to deal with all injury claims in the State, and a fundamental change in the way injury impairment is assessed.
A judge of the NSW IRC in Court Session has urged WorkCover to crack down on manufacturers and suppliers of unguarded equipment, after hearing evidence that many in the industry do not take their safety obligations seriously.
A South Australian employer has received a relatively high fine for an OHS offence after a series of failures caused an explosion that injured a worker.
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The Victorian Court of Appeal has clarified the way interest is to be calculated on arrears of weekly compensation, but the judges say their interpretation was probably not intended by Parliament.
Two NSW employers have been fined a total of $310,000 after they failed to comprehensively risk assess a task, leading to inadequate precautions being taken.
A parliamentary committee has delivered a scathing report on South Australia's WorkCover Corporation, condemning its decision to outsource rehabilitation with little monitoring and criticising its repeatedly stated expectations of achieving full funding.
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