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Employers have been urged to resist intensifying work demands or ramping up surveillance of workers working at home because of COVID-19, to avoid worsening the mental health challenges already posed by the pandemic. Meanwhile, Tasmania has released a pandemic planning guide for workplaces.

In this latest edition of our long-running quarterly update series, OHS Alert reviews all the key WHS news from the first three months of 2020, including everything you need to know on the COVID-19 pandemic, the findings on Dreamworld's dismal safety systems, caselaw from all jurisdictions, and legislative changes.

• WHS prosecutor prioritises Dreamworld referral;
  
• Reckless crane operator avoids tough penalties;
  
• One-stop shop launched for workers affected by dust; and
  
• Step-down provisions being reviewed in Tas.

In this much anticipated report, OHS Alert outlines all the major legislative changes and court decisions on workplace health and safety and workers' comp issues in the final quarter of 2019.

Residual current devices (RCDs) should be installed in all workplaces, regardless of the construction date, while defibrillators need to be more widely available, particularly at remote sites, an inquest into an electrocution has found.

In this update, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislative changes from the third quarter of 2019. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments from across the country.

• Standards reclassifies AS/NZS 4801, new safety sign guide released; and
  
• Sherriff's WHS recommendations supported by Tas.

• Draft WHS Code targets 6,000-plus workers and fall risks in NSW;
  
• New OHS Regulations deliver on silicosis plan in Vic;
  
• WHS Regulations for lead and diving amended in NT; and
  
• WHS innovation and research grants offered by Tas.

• Employers without "safety resets" to be named in Parliament;
  
• WHS Amendment Bill improves accountability in ACT;
  
• Workers' comp changes for police pass in Tas; and
  
• New dangerous goods guide for all WA duty holders released.

A series of geotechnical and risk assessments commissioned by a mine operator, before three workers were killed in a six-week period at the mine, appeared to be directly relevant to the circumstances of one of the fatalities and it would be "absurd" to prevent a coroner viewing them, an appeals court has ruled in a high-profile case.