Man’s death expected to supercharge protest fury
A man has taken his own life at a West Melbourne building site, hours after a construction shutdown was announced.
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Mental Health
COVID-19 pandemic taking a crushing toll on mental health of tradies
Being out of work is tough, but even those who still have a job are not immune to the pressures the pandemic is putting on mental health.
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Mechanic suffers severe traumatic brain injury in workplace accident
Mark Green’s “life stopped” when an airbag exploded while he was working under a hoisted bus, leaving him with a severe traumatic brain injury and fractures to almost every bone in his face.
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Worker with PTSD wins discrimination battle against ACT Government
A woman bullied so severely while working for the ACT Government that she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has won her discrimination battle.
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COVID-19 related workers
Safe Work Australia (SWA) has published a snapshot of coronavirus (COVID-19) related workers compensation claims data, up to 31 July 2020. Collected from the relevant Commonwealth, state and territory workers compensation authorities, the data reveals that 533 workers compensation claims related to COVID-19 were lodged in Australia. Of those claims, 34% related to the mental health impacts of COVID-19. Additionally, 34% of the claims lodged were from the healthcare and social assistance industry, while 17% of the claims came from the public administration and safety industry. The ‘community and personal service workers’ occupation has the highest number of workers compensation claims.
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WorkSafe will examine Ambulance Victoria bullying and harassment
WorkSafe Victoria will examine if employees of Ambulance Victoria are at risk after widespread claims of bullying, sexual harassment and abuse within the service.
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Workers claim WorkCover for COVID-19
Almost 20 Victorians are on WorkCover for either contracting coronavirus or suffering mental illness in the pandemic with the number expected to rise due to the Cedar Meats outbreak.
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Farmer dies in ATV rollover
A farmer has died after he was thrown from an ATV in central Victoria.
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Aussie sacked over ‘totally sick’ joke
BHP boss Mike Henry has slammed the Fair Work Commission after it found the company was wrong to sack a worker who told an offensive “joke” at work.
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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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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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The NEW reality of reality TV
When the castaways of Survivor were made to eat cow brains, they probably didn’t consider that to be part of their “job”.
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Bully fined $116,250
A Melbourne director and his security company have been convicted and fined a total of $116,250 for repeatedly bullying employees in the workplace.
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Serious injuries not just physical
More than 100,000 serious workplace injuries still occur every year. These range from mental stress, to trips and falls, to collisions with objects.
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