In a decision shining a light on real-world tensions in applying workplace safety policies, the FWC has reinstated a 67-year-old bottle shop attendant sacked after she feigned closing a roller door to spur a "swarm" of thieves to leave the store.
Recognising rostering as skilled labour should be a reform priority for the public health system, according to a newly-released report, as the NSWNMA urges the Minns Government to collaborate on recommendations aimed at delivering "good flex" and improving retention.
The Human Rights Commission is holding six formal inquiries into employers' conduct to examine whether they are complying with the positive duty to eliminate s-xual harassment and is monitoring another 18, while it has received 143 complaints of positive duty breaches since December 2023, according to the s-x discrimination commissioner.
Victoria's Allan Government has today promised to introduce the nation's "toughest workplace surveillance protection laws" if it is returned at November's election.
The FWC has ordered FedEx to reinstate a driver who sustained burns on his leg when he dropped a box containing sulphuric acid, after viewing footage showing "regular" safety breaches at its Wollongong depot.
Employers in NSW must now implement a systematic process to identify psychosocial hazards, assess risks, implement controls and review their effectiveness, with laws taking effect that elevate the state's WHS codes of practice to legally enforceable minimum standards.
The FWC has backed Amazon's sacking of an injured worker who refused to have an independent medical examination, while another employer's income protection policy has weighed in favour of finding it not unfair to dismiss an incapacitated diesel fitter.
The Victorian working from home legislation "aims to strike a balance" between making remote work available to more workers and the "operational realities" of businesses, partly by creating a comprehensive "reasonableness" test, Premier Jacinta Allan told State Parliament today.
