Record investment in safe workplaces
Record funding will be invested into enhancing safety and well-being in NSW workplaces, improving the physical and mental health of all workers in the state as part of the 2020-21 NSW Budget.
Safety
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.
Will WorkSafe Vic do its job?
WorkSafe ‘must use’ its prosecutorial powers against key Andrews government figures
One Nation candidate sues mine owner and labour hire firm
Former miner Wade Rothery has launched a $1.6 million lawsuit against his former employers, claiming their negligence left him with a severed thumb and permanent disabilities as a result of two workplace incidents.
WorkSafe Victoria investigate hotel quarantine security
WorkSafe Victoria is investigating numerous private security firms who were subcontracted to guard guests in the state’s bungled hotel quarantine program.
Working from home
Apart from ensuring that employees had the technology and resources necessary to work from home, the biggest concern for many was work health and safety. Work health and safety obligations continue to operate while employees are working from home, and employers must be careful to implement strategies to help discharge these obligations in the absence of physical control over the employee’s workspace.
Victorian businesses warned over coronavirus rules
A coronavirus outbreak at a Melbourne law firm is being probed following claims from a number of workers about its coronavirus practices.
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Cedar Meats workers speak out
Second case was identified on 26 April, but workers say they were not offered masks until 30 April
Urgent think tank to improve farm safety
The WA State government is planning an urgent Farm Safety Summit to improve workplace safety in the agriculture sector.
AFL players must make sacrifices
The AFL season could have a lifeline in ‘quarantine hubs’ around the country, and if the campaign is to get back underway, then the players will need to make sacrifices.
Working from home – workers compensation laws.
Is a working-from-home injury (or even death) compensable under the workers compensation scheme? The Court of Appeal has examined these issues in the following case.
What do reckless conduct WHS laws have to do with COVID-19?
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic presents a multitude of challenges for businesses of all shapes and sizes, not least of which is their primary responsibility and concern to protect the health and welfare of their workforce.
Working from home health and safety
We’re living in a whole new world. As many workers have shifted to a home office or are under stay-at-home orders, there are legal questions about who is responsible for the worker’s health and safety. The corona virus pandemic has brought into focus the many new and different risks faced by businesses and workers alike as we enter into a new working landscape.
New safety laws cause quad bike manufacturers to exit the Australian industry
Quad bike suppliers are pulling out of Australia in the lead-up to new safety legislation, but farmers and graziers remain divided on the measures.
