Comcare will roll out a low-intensity cognitive behaviour therapy program to up to 120,000 Commonwealth employees over the next two years, while continuing to provide mental health first-aid training to its own workers, its 2019-20 annual report shows.
Two employers that failed to identify and rectify a step that didn't comply with Australian Standards have been ordered to pay damages to a worker who sustained injuries descending the step.
A major government employer's attempt to return an injured worker to full duties was an "abject failure" that caused the man to suffer mental injuries, a tribunal has found. It found the employer misapplied an independent medical examination report in its "unyielding" efforts to deny the man sick leave.
This article examines all the must-know workplace safety, workers' compensation and COVID-19 developments from July, August and September 2020, with highlights including a new WHS Code for the pandemic, the Dreamworld judgment, a record double-fatality fine and gross negligence cases.
A worker was "on the job" when he was violently assaulted while chasing an absconding customer, a tribunal has found in rejecting his employer's liability challenge.
The overarching aim of an employer's overseas conference for employees made the company liable for a worker's paddle-boarding injury, in accordance with a High Court test, a magistrate has found.
An employer negligently created unnecessary height risks by modifying a workplace vehicle, an appeals court has ruled in reversing an earlier decision and finding an injured worker is entitled to damages.
> New dangerous goods offences and mine rules made in NSW; > Dangerous goods changes and penalties commence in WA; and > WA's presumptive COVID-19 protections take effect.
The Federal Government has been accused of "inaction" affecting work safety standards, with Safe Work Australia's latest statistics report showing the national work-related fatality toll increased for the first time in more than a decade.
An employer isn't liable for a travelling worker's back injury caused by excessive sitting on his long commutes, a commission has found, in a case confirming that merely having to travel to work cannot establish a substantial connection between employment and an injury.
