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MON

3:49PM

Comcare allowed to challenge liability for 1979 injury

A full Federal Court has granted Comcare another chance to dispute liability for a worker's 45-year-old injury, agreeing that critical medical evidence showing his condition might have been "normal" by the mid-1980s was overlooked by a decision maker.

Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (National) Workers' comp decisions (National) Authority/inspectorate (National)

FRI

1:43PM

Fines doubled to $10m; Manslaughter changes flagged; more

Safety fines doubled to $10m under NSW asbestos Bill;
Industrial manslaughter promised ahead of Tas election;
Manslaughter jailings needed, says union after Vic fatality; and
Ten WHS Codes amended for GHS 7 in SA.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Asbestos Dangerous substances Duty holders Jurisdiction (TAS) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (TAS) Fatalities Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Equipment and plant Jurisdiction (SA) WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (SA)

THU

3:55PM

Staff ratios examined in latest safety case involving kids

Another employer has been fined for workplace health and safety breaches affecting children, with its failures including not maintaining a safe supervision ratio of employees to customers.

Duty holders Work at heights Workplace safety Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Supervision

THU

12:55PM

Tick-and-flick anti-harassment exercises damaging workplace health and safety efforts

Disingenuous attempts by companies to curb s-xual harassment in response to increased attention on the matter are damaging the chances for change, according to the latest instalment of a landmark Australian study.

Bullying and harassment Workplace safety Jurisdiction (WA) Authority/inspectorate (WA) Injury prevention Health and mental wellbeing Supervision Duty holders Remote work Shift work Psychosocial issues WHS - research & reports Bullying

TUE

3:42PM

Director acquitted of due diligence breaches

A court has found a PCBU guilty of WHS breaches after a worker was hit by a forklift, but ruled its failure to separate forklifts and pedestrians was not a failure directly linked to its director's due diligence duties.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Heavy vehicles, mobile plant, forklifts, quad bikes Duty holders

TUE

1:51PM

WHS duty holders breach obligations to kids

In the latest of a recent series of WHS prosecutions involving failures affecting vulnerable people like children, a teacher based in another country has been sentenced over the deaths of two teenage students in Australia.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) Jurisdiction (VIC) WHS decisions (QLD) WHS decisions (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Duty holders Fatalities

TUE

10:48AM

Q&A: WHS regulator likely to target performance and misconduct management after review

The recent major review of a safety regulator should prompt employers to adopt a "two birds, one stone" mindset for managing their health and safety and human resources practices, a senior safety lawyer says.

Performance management Workplace safety Workers' compensation Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Duty holders Psychosocial issues

MON

2:14PM

Delayed harassment complaint; Ladder charges; and more

Delayed harassment complaint highlights WHS duties;
Alleged ladder breaches lead to death; and
WHS duty holders relying too much on harnesses.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (ACT) Authority/inspectorate (ACT) Bullying and harassment Psychosocial issues Duty holders Jurisdiction (VIC) Authority/inspectorate (VIC) Work at heights Fatalities Jurisdiction (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW)

MON

12:37PM

Improvement-notice process not satisfied prior to death

A PCBU has been handed a pre-discount WHS fine of $400,000, after a worker was fatally struck on the head while performing maintenance work on a machine at a site that was subject to multiple improvement notices.

Workplace safety Jurisdiction (NSW) WHS decisions (NSW) Authority/inspectorate (NSW) Equipment and plant Fatalities Duty holders

FRI

1:33PM

Council fails, again, to halt double-drowning prosecution

A PCBU has lost its last-resort bid to block its WHS prosecution over the drowning deaths of a father and son, with a superior court describing its latest jurisdictional challenge as an "unacceptable fragmentation of the criminal proceeding".

Fatalities Duty holders Workplace safety Jurisdiction (QLD) WHS decisions (QLD) Authority/inspectorate (QLD)

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