The Federal Circuit and Family Court has handed down the first decision under the Fair Work Act’s sexual harassment provisions, finding a sole director personally liable and ordering just under $60,000 in combined penalties and compensation.
Sexual harassment claims: First decision under the Fair Work Act Read More »
The model WHS Act prescribes a maximum monetary amount known as a penalty for breaches of offences under the Act.
Maximum monetary penalties under the WHS laws Read More »
A new SafeWork SA campaign targeting slip and trip hazards aims to raise awareness about how to keep South Australians safe at work.
You know the drill, clean up that spill Read More »
A supermarket worker who was caught running a chilli sauce business while receiving compensation for a work-related injury has been ordered to pay back more than $117,000. Gary Janson, 58, was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 29 April after earlier pleading guilty to a single charge of fraudulently obtaining payments. In addition
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In finding that a junior employee at a large national employer was repeatedly sexually harassed by a senior manager while at work, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) also found the employer vicariously liable under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) (Discrimination Act). [1]
Think your ‘online training’ modules will save you? Think again. Read More »
Inspectors and major hazard specialists have been on site providing technical support and expertise to lead agencies, including Fire Rescue Victoria, after the fire at the facility’s MOGAS Unit at approximately 11.15pm yesterday.
WorkSafe responds to Geelong oil refinery fire Read More »
A plastic packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined $90,000 after a worker’s finger was severed at its Laverton factory.
Plastics manufacturer fined for finger amputation Read More »
This New South Wales Supreme Court ruling has reinforced the existing regime concerning the view of labour hire companies as the true employer of a labour hire employee.
Who’s the boss? Determining the differences between labour hire and direct employment Read More »
Two companies have been fined after a woman was crushed by a 475 kilogram tank as it was unloaded from a truck at her home in south-west Victoria.
$115,000 in fines after rainwater tank crushes woman Read More »
The Minns Labor Government is boosting workplace mental health, with additional SafeWork NSW mental health-focussed inspectors now deployed.
New mental health safety inspectors now supporting workers and businesses Read More »
We are increasingly seeing employers in industries with heavy union saturation complain of the psychosocial hazards that can result from antisocial and belligerent union behaviour. Those hazards need to be identified and managed like other hazards in the workplace.
Case Study: Employee Organisations and Psychosocial Hazards Read More »
Victoria set to legislate two days’ working from home
World First Working From Home laws proposed in Vic Read More »
The Illawarra Turf Club Ltd has been convicted and fined $200,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
Turf Club fined $200,000 after worker falls from roof Read More »
A roofing company has been convicted and fined after repeatedly putting workers at risk of falls on four residential construction sites in Melbourne.
$700,000 in fines for string of working at height offences Read More »
A Katrine farm owner has been fined $22,000 (and ordered to pay $4861 in costs) over unsafe controls on a wool press.
Farm owner fined $22,000 over unsafe machinery Read More »
