When is a worker on an authorised recess?
The worker sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident on his way to see a doctor. Was he entitled to workers’ compensation for those injuries?
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Fines & Breaches
Glenn Henry Cook fined $25,000
A fencing contractor has been fined $25,000 after a teenage worker suffered serious hand injuries on the job at Camooweal.
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Dreamworld owner faces $3 million fines and possible goal
Dreamworld’s owners could be fined $3 million if prosecuted over the 2016 accident that killed four holidaymakers, whose families claim the theme park put profits ahead of safety.
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What constitutes recklessness under workplace health and safety laws?
One of the most serious breaches of workplace health and safety laws involves reckless conduct. In most states, including Queensland, reckless conduct that exposes an employee to a risk of death or serious injury is a category 1 offence and comes with penalties of up to $3,000,000 for body corporates and five years’ imprisonment for an individual. What constitutes recklessness has recently been considered in the Industrial Court of Queensland (ICQ).
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Health supplements manufacturer fined
A Dandenong South supplements manufacturer has been given a hefty fine of $40,000 after a worker suffered a serious workplace injury when his hand was crushed between two rollers.
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Company fined $60,000 for amputated fingers
A kitchen manufacturer has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a cabinet maker had three fingers severed while cutting panels.
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Michael Hill ordered to pay worker compensation
Queensland woman Nicole Funnell used to love heading into work each day – until a brutal attempted robbery during a shift ended her career and left her with lasting trauma.
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Cleaning company fined after worker fall
A cleaning company has been fined $30,000 after a worker was seriously injured after falling from a roof in Geelong.
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Workplace bullies get gaol sentences.
Former executives at France Télécom have been given prison sentences and fines after being found guilty of “institutional harassment” and creating a culture of routine workplace bullying that sparked a number of suicides at the company.
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WorkSafe charges man over dangerous chemical stockpiles
A man who allegedly built up illegal stockpiles of dangerous chemicals at five warehouses in Melbourne’s north has been hit with 55 charges and will face court in the new year.
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Will tourism companies be held accountable over New Zealand volcano disaster?
Sixteen people are confirmed dead and another two are unaccounted for, presumed dead, after the eruption of White Island/Whakaari volcano on December 9. Twenty-six people remain in New Zealand and Australian hospitals, all with severe burns requiring complex surgery.
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Company fine over Eagle Farm deaths was ‘disproportionate’, judge rules
The company at the centre of a Brisbane workplace accident in which two men were crushed to death under a concrete slab has been hit with a tougher fine after an appeal.
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Cardboard company fined
A Campbellfield cardboard box manufacturer has been convicted and fined $55,000 after two workers’ hands were crushed in a new paper mill roller.
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CFMMEU officials fined $156,900
A federal judge has lashed the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) for using “bogus” safety claims to shut down three Sydney construction sites as he handed the union and two officials a combined $156,900 penalty.
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Victoria Enacts Law On Industrial Manslaughter
The new law of State of Victoria incriminates businesses and officers whose negligent conduct leads to incidence of workplace death and they shall be guilty of workplace manslaughter. The partnership concern, corporate entities and associations shall be liable for fines of up to AU$ 16.5 million while sole traders and officers shall face 20 years of goal time.
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