A Pasadena Foodland supermarket assistant has been awarded $30,000 in damages for psychological harm and suffering. D ...
A Pasadena Foodland supermarket assistant has been awarded $30,000 in damages for psychological harm and suffering. D
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Australia’s highest work safety fine and the offence of workplace manslaughter were introduced to the Victorian Parliament on 29 October 2019 as part of the Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment (Workplace Manslaughter and Other Matters) Bill 2019. The Bill amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.
Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd has become the first entity in Queensland to be charged with industrial manslaughter under section 34C of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) .
In this case, Mr Damon settled the claim with the defendants on the morning of trial. However, the trial proceeded to decide the apportionment between each of the defendants.
A Mobicon at a distribution centre operated by Spotlight Pty Ltd ran over a truck driver who had been knocked to the ground by a container straddle carrier. The man sustained several serious injuries.
An unnamed food and catering business pleaded guilty to contravening the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to provide a safe system of work, which exposed a young teenage worker to a hazardous cleaning product.
On 24 May 2018, the Government first introduced a 12-month superannuation guarantee amnesty. The relevant Bill failed to pass the Senate and then lapsed when the federal election was called on 11 April 2019.
Under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), Australian entities or ‘entities that carry on business in Australia’ with a yearly consolidated revenue of at least $100 million will be required to submit a modern slavery report.
The Northern Territory Government has supported the introduction of new ‘industrial manslaughter’ provisions within the Workplace Health and Safety Act, promising to implement the changes in 2020. This comes as a response to an incident in 2016 that saw a man run over and killed by a prime mover in
Woolworths has agreed to an Enforceable Undertaking (ET) with NT WorkSafe for an amount of $1.8 million after a man was run over and killed by a subcontractor’s prime mover in October 2016 at the Hibiscus Shopping Centre.
A horrific accident in the Northern Territory has given rise to a charge against Woolworths Ltd, brought by the Work Health Authority (WHA), for a breach of section 32 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act (NT).
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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