Browsing: Consultation


WED
1:58PM

Qantas fined $250k for WHS discrimination in scathing judgment with warning for other PCBUs

A judge has highlighted the critical roles elected health and safety representatives play in achieving the objectives of WHS laws, and making it feasible for PCBUs to comply with their consultation duties, in fining a Qantas subsidiary for "shameful" WHS discrimination.



TUE
11:32AM

Consultation failings preceded teenage worker's death

Two PCBUs that failed to consult on task planning and mechanical aids have been fined over a teenager's death, while a business owner with a long history of safety breaches has been fined for endangering motorists through the performance of "poor quality" work next to a highway.


THU
12:27PM

25 dismissals ruled unfair after WHS consultation failures

A major employer's failure to consult workers on a controversial WHS mandate created a "paradigm of opposition" in the workforce and led to a large number of workers being unfairly dismissed, a commission has ruled in a 529-paragraph judgment.




THU
1:33PM

Qantas found guilty of WHS discrimination, judge clarifies duties of health and safety reps

Qantas Ground Services Pty Ltd has been found guilty of engaging in unlawful discriminatory conduct against an elected health and safety representative during the emergence of COVID-19, with a judge ruling that consultation failings on the HSR's part did not invalidate his cease-work directions or help Qantas's defence.


TUE
11:32AM

Hazardous "bossware" stealing last moments of rest

A leading legal expert on technology and the workplace has warned of the WHS risks and implications of using "bossware" to track workers' productivity, including that it can trigger cease-work orders under safety laws.


FRI
3:41PM

More WHS prosecutions promised; WHS Codes made; more

  • WHS prosecutions promised, other initiatives having little impact;
  • Fatigue and remote-work alerts issued after fatalities, violence; and
  • WHS consultation and s-x work Codes amended and made in ACT.

THU
1:30PM

Comcare identifies top psychosocial hazard, warns that inspectors will scrutinise consultation processes

Unsafe job demands are the most common psychosocial hazards in Australian workplaces, and employers must explore multiple measures to safeguard against the risk to a reasonably practicable extent, a Comcare director says.


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