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Work Health and Safety Articles

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Liabilities of Directors in new Industrial Manslaughter laws

From 16 September 2024, industrial manslaughter has been a formal offence under New South Wales work health and safety (WHS) legislation.

Truck Driver Killed by Oncoming Truck

20th June 2024. 5 minute read What happened? A large, refrigerated transport business has just been convicted and fined $800,000 in a...

NSW Company fined $300,000 after amputation incident

What happened Royal Touch Paper Products Pty Ltd, a company based in New South Wales, has received a $300,000 fine following an incident...

WHS penalties to increase...

Except for Victoria, all states and territories in Australia will see a significant increase in the value of WHS penalties, and the ...

PCBU and Worker both prosecuted

In Stephen James Orr v Cudal Lime Products Pty Ltd; Stephen James Orr v Simon Shannon [2018] NSWDC 27 a woman was fatally electrocuted...

Compliance With “Reasonable Suspicion”

An officer or employee of a union who is a WHS entry permit holder has the right to enter your workplace if they have ....

Bullying and Harassment costs Director $15,000 in fines

Warehouse risk management failures lead to $35,000 fine

Medicinal Cannabis & the Workplace: Is Your Drug & Alcohol Policy Still Fit for Purpose?

Proposed amendments to the WHS Act

Fire Training does not have to be delivered only by an RTO

Fire wardens and emergency plans

What does it take to be an HSR trainer?

Victoria tightens the noose in light of non-compliance with OHS prosecutions

Menopause is not a "WHS matter"

Liabilities of Directors in new Industrial Manslaughter laws

“Hands on” Director not prosecuted

Employer convicted and fined for failure to provide information

Construction company fined $270,000 after fatal fall

Foreign businesses must abide by Australian Work Health and Safety Laws

How the Model WHS laws came to be

Deaths from falls

Business owners and Directors: Questions to ask yourself

$40,000 fine for warehouse traffic management plan failures

Business owners, Directors, and CEOs may face up to 25 years imprisonment under new Industrial Manslaughter laws

Lack of training leads to $100,000 fine

Worker amputation leads to two businesses prosecuted and fined

Can Workers be prosecuted under the WHS Legislation?

Is vaping in the office ok?

Should an HSC be involved in issue resolution or health and safety disputes?

Labour hire workers and WHS

Upstream Duty Holders

Three Categories of WHS Offences and a Table of NSW Penalty Units (2024-2025)

Judge comes down hard on “reckless indifference”

Man’s hand crushed in machine

HSR training is not “optional”