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Employers have been reminded that they are obligated under health and safety laws to protect employees from asbestos-containing materials, which are still prevalent in thousands of workplace products. Also in this article, OHS Alert outlines the types of cancers covered by the new firefighter compensation laws.
WorkCover NSW should make it harder for injured workers to claim damages for permanent impairment, or risk the development of an unsustainable "lump sum culture", a PricewaterhouseCoopers report has recommended.
South Australia to accelerate lower-premium laws; Workplace regulators investigating five fatalities; WorkCover WA increases medical fees and fines employer; and Q-COMP develops RTW site.
Workers who have greater expertise than their employers or supply their own equipment are not necessarily subcontractors under the Accident Compensation Act, a judge has found in awarding an injured Victorian worker more than $900,000 in damages.
Injured Odco contractor not an "employee"; Unions call for removal of all asbestos as WorkSafe ACT shuts down worksites; and Cancer comp laws for firefighters one step closer.
Discriminatory workers' comp legislation abolished in Western Australia; and Employers urged to review systems after second tree-related death in two days.
More workers could be encouraged to claim compensation for work-related hearing loss, after the NSW WCC found that tinnitus can tip claimants over the permanent impairment threshold.
