A casual labourer who complained to HREOC when his employer didn't offer him light duties after an injury was discriminated against when it failed to re-employ him on a subsequent occasion, the Federal Magistrates Court has found.
Giant steel products company OneSteel has steadily improved its OHS performance since its separation from BHP, and posted record safety metrics for the 2005 financial year.
An analysis by the Parliamentary Library of two Commonwealth Bills, which passed the lower house last month, says it is possible that the proposed "tripartite" Australian Safety and Compensation Council will exclude unions.
A NSW health care employer has been prosecuted and fined a second time for failing to have effective emergency systems in place to protect staff from violent patients.
The High Court has found in favour of NSW regulations that bar lawyers advertising their workers' compensation services. A bench majority found the regulations are constitutionally valid, dismissing a challenge by lawyers who sought to have them overturned.
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