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An employer should have presented expert evidence to prove a worker was under the influence of alcohol when he attended his "dangerous" workplace after a "big night", rather than asking the Fair Work Commission to "simply assume" he had been impaired, the Commission has ruled.
A worker was not forced to quit through her employer's alleged failure to protect her psychological safety from a "misogynistic" colleague, a commission has found.
A Safe Work Australia-commissioned research project has identified four early intervention approaches to work-related injury claims that appear to be "particularly helpful".
An appeals court has rejected a PCBU's claim that its fine over a fatality involving a ladder was manifestly excessive. The PCBU contended the evidence did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the death was a manifestation of its WHS breach.
Unions have stressed that reproductive health conditions like endometriosis are WHS matters, in applauding new reproductive health leave entitlements announced yesterday.
A recent ruling upholding the sacking of a worker, who failed to disclose a longstanding health issue, shows that holding employees to account for complying with their own health and safety duties forms part of an employer's obligations, a senior safety and employment lawyer says.
Employers have been urged to create proper onboarding programs for new managers, and give them the skills to manage up, with a large proportion of new middle managers being unprepared for their responsibilities and experiencing burnout.
A worker who was charged with the manslaughter of another worker, in a runaway-forklift incident, has been convicted and fined for a section-28 contravention of WHS laws, in a first-of-its-kind case highlighting the potential multifaceted consequences of safety failings.
A worker's failure to disclose to his employer that he had a longstanding physical limitation, and was suing the UK's National Health Service for causing the condition, constituted a breach of his duties under safety laws and provided a sound reason for his dismissal, a commission has found.