Tasks must be risk assessed and safe work methods devised when work is "multi-corporate", the NSW IRC has warned, after a project involving three major corporations resulted in an explosion.
Employers should ensure they monitor the safety of workers taking psychotropic medication, after a study found these employees believe the drugs make them more likely to have work accidents.
The decisions of two NSW Workers Compensation Commission arbitrators have been set aside on appeal after it was found one wrongly ignored a worker's evidence in favour of radiological reports, and another denied an employer procedural fairness.
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