by Tradie | Aug 30, 2016 | Business, Legal, Regulator, Safety, Uncategorized
A NSW Court of Appeal has determined that a host employer should pay nearly $600,000 to a worker who injured her back because the company failed to ensure she understood its safe working instructions. The Court found that had the worker received a “modicum of...
by Tradie | Aug 30, 2016 | Business, Legal, Safety, Uncategorized
A Sydney construction company has been fined $87,500 after a labourer fell 12 metres from a scaffold at a Lane Cove construction site. The incident, which occurred on 7 December 2012 at a unit construction site at Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove, resulted in the labourer...
by Tradie | Aug 29, 2016 | Business, Government, Legal, Regulator, Safety, Uncategorized
Almost 130 businesses and individuals were fined a record amount by the Victorian courts in 2015-16 for breaching OHS laws. WorkSafe Victoria has revealed 108 businesses and 21 individuals were fined or ordered to pay restitution totalling more than $6.2 million. The...
by Tradie | Aug 29, 2016 | Business, Human Resources, Legal, Uncategorized
The Power of Policies to Dismiss Workers A Brisbane worker dismissed for falsifying a medical certificate has had her application for an unfair dismissal remedy rejected by the Fair Work Commission. Ms Jisu Jeong worked as a sous a chef with Alpha Flight Services – a...
