Browsing: Labour hire workers


FRI
12:43PM

Appeals court confirms $1.3m injury damages obligation for company involved in Cassaniti's death

A company that received a record-breaking WHS recklessness fine, over the death of an apprentice, has failed to reduce a $1.3 million payout to an injured labour-hire worker through the application of a "notoriously difficult" legislative provision.


MON
2:16PM

BMA penalised for banning labour-hire workers for safety complaints, union says tide is turning

A major organisation partly run by BHP has been fined $120,000 for undermining safety protections, and ordered to pay compensation to labour-hire personnel who were targeted after exercising their workplace rights over a dimly lit area and lightning storms.


MON
12:03PM

Four entities breached WHS duties for imported plant

A company director and three PCBUs, including an importer, have been handed pre-discount WHS fines totalling $1.25 million, after a worker suffered finger amputations on a machine previously shut down by a regulator.


THU
2:04PM

Quick WHS changes to follow world-first WHS vote

Safe Work Australia has committed to immediately drafting changes to the national model WHS laws to reflect the outcomes of yesterday's WHS ministers meeting on engineered stone and other issues. The non-harmonised state of Victoria will make similar changes to its safety legislation.


THU
12:47PM

Industrial manslaughter and PTSD laws pass under deal

A new industrial manslaughter offence and other key safety measures passed Federal Parliament today, under a Government deal with crossbench senators, while new right-to-disconnect laws appear likely to be added to the Closing Loopholes Bill.


MON
2:03PM



FRI
11:36AM

Regulator charged over suicide; Host fined $350k; more

  • One regulator charges another with recklessness after suicide;
  • Host fined $350k over fatal impalement of labour-hire worker; and
  • New national dangerous goods Code taking effect in Vic.

TUE
3:24PM

WHS amendments take effect; Two employers fined; more

  • WHS changes commence in Commonwealth jurisdiction;
  • Two companies fined over labour-hire safety incident; and
  • Violence reports increasing in mining workplaces.

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