Browsing: Asbestos | Page 2

A PCBU has successfully fought off allegations that it used false or misleading information to obtain an authorisation for a high-risk job and to disguise who was really performing the work.

The NSW Government has introduced WHS amendments tripling the maximum penalties for category-1 breaches, clarifying that officers can be prosecuted for recklessness, introducing "prohibited asbestos notices" with hefty non-compliance fines, and giving police certain enforcement powers under WHS laws.

• Worker sentenced for fatal recklessness after remittal;
  
• WHS initiatives build on Gayle's Law in SA; and
  
• Are you sending your ACT workers to legitimate asbestos courses?

• SWA agrees to push for low exposure limit for common carcinogen;
  
• SWA makes hundreds of changes to chemical info system;
  
• WHS guides for pre-2004 buildings and roll-aways released; and
  
• Dreamworld-inspired WHS Code made in Qld.

• Employer fined $320k over reversing-vehicle breach and death;
  
• SWA launches stats site with case study, flags WHS changes; and
  
• Fair Work amendments to protect FDV victims from discrimination.

• WHS regulator offers tips for controlling harassment risks;
  
• WHS Bill affecting parliamentarians passes in ACT; and
  
• Workplace safety laws aligned to address lead (Pb) risks in Qld.

Elected health and safety representatives will be specially trained to apply and enforce the new WHS regulations on psychosocial hazards like bullying and poor organisational justice, under the Federal budget's $27.4 million package for improving the "safety and fairness" of workplaces.

• UV-related WHS duties apply on cloudy days;
  
• Older workplace buildings targeted in SA asbestos blitz; and
  
• Old workplace safety Code revoked in WA.

The start dates for a range of new WHS clauses have been postponed in Western Australia, while a Bill providing presumptive compensation to certain workers with PTSD has been reintroduced in South Australia.

A worker who claimed he was psychologically injured from being required to perform a hazardous task without personal protective equipment, and being bullied by managers and co-workers, has been denied compensation in a case examining the "perception of real events".