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Workers' compensation courts are gradually moving to a different definition of "employee" to industrial tribunals, with a recent SA decision finding an unskilled labour hire worker was in fact an employee.

A leading occupational physician has urged employers not to implement drug screening programs as part of their OHS policies until there is more evidence of their effectiveness as an OHS measure.

NSW Democrat and experienced occupational health doctor Arthur Chesterfield-Evans hopes his private members bill on corporate manslaughter legislation will stand a better chance of getting through Parliament after the next State elections.

For the first year in more than a decade, the premiums collected by WorkCover NSW have covered the scheme's costs.

Employers could slash their OHS costs by focussing on preventing work injuries from becoming long-term disabilities, according to a leading workers' compensation authority.

Employers should start developing OHS policy to cater for an older workforce, according to consultant occupational physician Dr Ian Gardner.

Proposed changes to the Victorian workers' compensation system would give employers a greater choice of insurance options and decrease their premiums, according to a Victorian WorkCover Authority spokesperson.

NOHSC proposes changing National Exposure Standard for chrysotile asbestos; and ACOSH urges WA Government to get tough on employers that allow workplace smoking.

There's a significant "disconnect" between the way senior managers and employees at operating level think about OHS, according to NOHSC chairman Professor Dennis Else.

Interim construction industry taskforce begins operating next week; NIOSH launches needlestick prevention site; "New thinking" to feature at SA Safe Work Week; and Fitness balls not appropriate work chairs.