A Queensland food-packaging company has reportedly been fined $125,000 after a worker was seriously injured by robotic packing equipment at its Narangba factory.
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An Edwardstown manufacturing and fabrication group and its two directors have been charged with South Australia’s first case of industrial manslaughter following the death of a 28-year-old worker.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in Australian workplaces now, allocating tasks, monitoring fatigue, detecting hazards and influencing decisions that directly affect worker safety.
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In Australia, where a labour hire company cedes all operational control to a host employer, including the system of work, training, supervision, and daily direction, the host company and not the labour hire company will be vicariously liable for its employee’s negligence.
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A garlic bread wholesaler has been convicted and fined a record $3.4 million for workplace manslaughter after a worker fell to his death at a bakery in Reservoir.
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Customer‑driven violence is no longer confined to late‑night venues or emergency services. Across Australia, workers in retail, banking, healthcare, transport and service environments are increasingly subjected to abuse, threats and physical assault.
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The Fair Work Commission (FWC, or Commission) recently confirmed that an employee who falsified timesheets while working from home was not unfairly dismissed in Mr Neeraj Kumar v Hansen Corporation Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 519.
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A civil construction company has been convicted and had its fine increased to $90,000 after a pipe layer suffered an electric shock when an aluminium measuring pole came too close to power lines.
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Our compliance and enforcement activities may lead to prosecutions being filed in the South Australian Employment Tribunal and the Magistrates Court.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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Victoria set to legislate two days’ working from home
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The bill will ensure that all work demands must be safe, whether they come from a human or come through artificial intelligence (AI) or algorithms.
A digital work safety bill passed the NSW Parliament Read More »
