> Anti-bullying laws locked in for WA's IR overhaul; > New regulations tackle emerging electrocution risk in Qld; and > Gas safety and work health laws pass in Qld.
Fashion designer Alex Perry was right to view a worker's threatening language as a serious WHS contravention requiring dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Employers providing workers with mindfulness training to combat stress need to ensure leaders are also accessing the program, to get the most out of their investment, icare says. The insurer has also identified a number of steps employers can take to reduce the impact of customer abuse.
The author of the review that led to the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland has recommended that senior officers face up to "life" in prison for negligently causing the death of a worker in the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, the Territory has passed laws to protect emergency workers from violence.
> Ladder fall results in full arm amputation, $120k fine; > Work-related DV guide and patient-ratio Regs released; and > Free videos help injured workers prepare for treatment.
> Improve WHS by restoring consultation grants, says ACCI; > Safe Rates restoration endorsed by ATA; and > Anti-violence Bill to protect Federal employees.
> Three PCBUs charged with four category 2 breaches; > More WHS inspectors exposed to violence, this time in NSW; and > Guarding set-up breached Australian Standard and OHS Act.
A union official recently accused of hindering a WHS inspector in Queensland has been charged with doing the same thing in another jurisdiction, while two of his colleagues have been charged with misleadingly telling workers they were entitled, by WHS laws, to leave an "unsafe" site on full pay.
> Major OHS discrimination case prompts warning; > PCBU failed to learn from amputation, fined $594k; and > Improvement notices stalled under Qld work bans.
