Work Health and Safety: increased activity means you need to be proactive
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Laws
State Government ordered to pay compensation for Covid-19 vaccine injury
A vaccine-injured South Australian dad and public servant had a groundbreaking legal win against the government.
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Is it discrimination? Worker not allowed to return to work after injury
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission recently dealt with a worker’s discrimination claim, alleging that he suffered bias after he failed to return to work after an injury.
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Employer fails to keep worker after injury, faces unfair dismissal claim
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently dealt with a worker’s claim that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering from an injury. He said the employer failed to keep him as an employee after the incident and didn’t properly accommodate him and his restrictions.
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Landmark SafeWork NSW win against Qantas reiterates the standing of Health & Safety representatives under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
In the recent decision of SafeWork NSW v Qantas Ground Services Pty Ltd [2023] NSWDC 468, the NSW District Court found Qantas Ground Services Pty Ltd guilty of engaging in discriminatory conduct for a prohibited reason, contravening the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act).
Understanding Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Queensland
If you work in Queensland, know this: your safety at the workplace is non-negotiable.
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Industrial manslaughter to be criminalised in SA
New laws making industrial manslaughter a criminal offence in South Australia have passed Parliament.
Under the Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill, individuals can face a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment, and $18 million for companies, if they are reckless or grossly negligent in conduct which breaches a work health and safety duty and results in the death of another person.
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Time pressure + no risk of assessment = injured worker
A small business owner was found to have breached his duty of care to take precaution against a foreseeable risk of injury when a warehouse worker suffered an injury while forcefully using a pallet jack in the midst of time pressures.
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The consequences of dishonesty
In 2019, an apprentice worker of a marine industrial engineering company, Aimex Ltd, suffered a hypoxic brain injury after being overcome by toxic fumes while cleaning the engine of a boat with brake cleaner.
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Under Labor, corporate executives to face 25 years gaol for workers killed
The Albanese Government is seriously stepping up efforts to reduce avoidable workplace fatalities, reports Alan Austin.
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WorkSafe hopes WA business owner’s jail sentence for employee’s death will act as a deterrent
Western Australia’s WorkSafe commissioner says he hopes the state’s first jail sentence for gross negligence will act as a deterrent to other employers who do not take workplace safety seriously.
Employer ordered to pay $44,000 in damages to injured worker
The importance of employers having correct frameworks in place to manage ill and injured workers was highlighted in a recent case.
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Employer vicarious liability court case
In this article Special Counsel Jacqi Marshall and Law Graduate Chantel Leadbeater from HopgoodGanim’s Insurance practice examine the recent High Court decision of CCIG Investments Pty Ltd v Schokman [2023] HCA 21 and its clarification of the principle of vicarious liability of employers for the actions of their employees.
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Employer pays hefty price for discriminating against worker after out-of-work injury
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia recently dealt with the case of an injured worker who filed a discrimination lawsuit against his employer for failing to reasonably accommodate him after an injury.
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WorkSafe gives 37 compensation fraudsters the flick
An ongoing clampdown by Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has weeded out a new crop of compensation fraudsters who think they’re above the law.
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