The CFMEU construction division says a ruling by the Federal Court yesterday is typical of the increased litigation likely to result over safety issues under the Federal Government's new Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act.
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A WA Court has fined and convicted a plumbing company after it failed to properly shore the walls of an excavation, just weeks before a new code of practice on the topic is due for release.
BHP Billiton has increased the focus on health and safety in its leadership selection processes throughout the world. The company has also seen a dramatic reduction in recorded fatalities, from 17 last year to three.
Occupational skin diseases should not be accepted as inevitable in wet work, according to researchers who developed a successful program for reducing eczema at an abattoir.
Two companies involved in asbestos insulation have failed to convince NSW's Court of Appeal that they didn't owe a duty of care to a tradesperson who worked with the product a decade after they installed it.
An employer did not have the right to reduce a worker's weekly compensation when his position became redundant and he was transferred to a lower-paid role, the SA Workers Compensation Tribunal has ruled.
NSW: New laws regulating dangerous goods; Victoria: WorkSafe targeting forklifts until June 2006; WA: Union official convicted after assaulting OHS manager; and UK: Flexible work reduces presenteeism.
