A mining services company has been fined $136,000 over a fatal incident that occurred when "the most experienced person in Australia for the job" adopted an unsafe method of work.
The approach of line managers immediately following a traumatic incident can affect whether or not a worker develops post traumatic stress syndrome, new research on train drivers has found.
In a ruling that potentially broadens the scope of employers' OHS obligations, the Victorian Court of Appeal has found a company that didn't directly engage a contractor was the deemed employer of the contractor's workers.
The SA Workers Compensation Tribunal has ruled that an employer wrongly rejected a worker's claim and was liable to back pay him compensation, after it "lost interest" in finding him suitable duties.
The NSW IRC has upheld the dismissal of a truck driver who tested positive for drugs, despite the employer's failure to follow proper testing procedures.
An employer has successfully argued that it did not instruct a worker to pick up daily freight manifests from a client on his way to work, and was therefore not liable to compensate him for injuries he suffered on the journey.
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The NT Government has removed two provisions of the Work Health Bill it recently introduced to Parliament, after realising they were unfair to workers.
