Workers remembered on international memorial day
28 April is International Workers’ Memorial Day which commemorates people killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
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AAT decision confirms work from home injury liability
In a recent decision, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) awarded compensation to an employee who sustained an injury caused by their employment while working from home.
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Worker injured in hold-up
Police have been told two men went into the store on Minerva Road just after 9pm Saturday.
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Company fined after manager crushed to death
A Victorian company has been fined $225,000 after a manager was fatally crushed inside a shipping container.
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$225,000 fine after shipping container death
A Carrum Downs truck body manufacturer has been convicted and fined $225,000 after a manager was crushed and killed inside a shipping container.Prestige Truck Bodies (Aust) Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court today after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide or maintain safe systems of work, so far
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Ricardo Fuentes reveals extent of injuries in Craigieburn workplace incident
More than three years after almost dying on a Craigieburn worksite and suffering terrible injuries, a Melbourne tradie still can’t function the way he used to. Read his story.
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Gate repair company charged after fatal crush
WorkSafe has charged a gate manufacturing and repair business after the death of another company’s worker in April 2022.
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Company director charged over workplace bullying
WorkSafe has charged a former director of a glass supplier and installer after two workers were allegedly bullied.
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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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