Restaurant fined over hot oil burns
The operator of The Cheeky Squire restaurant in Frankston has been convicted and fined $35,000 after two workers were injured in a hot oil spill.
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Fraudster to repay $144,000 after false work injury claim
A truck driver who twice called an ambulance as he drove home from a V8 Supercars event has been convicted for falsely claiming his back injury happened the next day at work.
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Worker killed from machinery
A Melbourne rubber product manufacturer has been charged over the death of an employee who was hit in the head by a piece of machinery.
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Fine increased by Court of Appeal
A Victorian mechanics business that serviced a petrol tanker days before it crashed and killed three people in the state’s north east in 2014 has had its fine increased after an appeal.
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How can employees prove employer negligence with workplace injuries?
A district court of Queensland recently dealt with a negligence claim of a worker who said he suffered an injury because the employer did not properly instruct him about the dangers of his job.
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Employer obligations in common law claims
When faced with a common law claim as an employer, you may feel worried or overwhelmed about what’s to come or sharing details about a worker’s injury.
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Fines against recalcitrant dim sim maker tripled on appeal
A Richmond food manufacturer has seen its fines for failing to keep its workers safe triple to $105,000 after the initial sentence was appealed in the County Court.
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School maintenance worker killed
A beloved maintenance worker at a school in Melbourne’s southeast has been remembered as “kind” and “compassionate” after he died following a workplace accident at the school.
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COVID-19 Study
Safe Work Australia has released a new snapshot examining the effects of Covid-19 on employees returning to work following a work-related injury or illness.
Titan Plant Hire and managing director Jason Madalena fined $1.14 million over Dwayne Beaumont’s death
The largest ever penalty for a workplace death in the Northern Territory has been handed to a Darwin equipment hire company and its managing director over the death of a worker in 2019.
Victoria considering blocking bullying and harassment claims for workers’ compensation
The Victorian Government is looking at limiting mental health claims to just PTSD cases after $1.1bn shortfall
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Truck driver found dead in Shepparton warehouse coolroom
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body was found in a coolroom in regional Victoria
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Gary’s truck accident left him in a wheelchair. Twenty years later, the same happened to his son
The last thing Gary Sutton expected after his own life-altering road accident was for his son to endure the same thing, two decades later.
Work health and safety reforms pass Senate
Negligent employers who expose workers to serious risks in the workplace will face tougher penalties under new Albanese Labor Government laws.
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‘Catastrophic governance failure’: Victorian council sacked following employee murder
ormer council worker Andrew Robert Paterson is serving a minimum 21-year sentence over the murder of council operations manager Rick Devlin.
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