In what has proven to be something of an ongoing saga for BHP Coal Pty Ltd (“BHP Coal”), the Full Federal Court has confirmed the mining giant’s right to dismiss an employee for refusing to see a company doctor.
In October 2013, a large boom collapsed on a New South Wales construction site, seriously injuring the director of Regal Contracting – a company which the Principal, Rawson Homes, had contracted to assist with excavation work.
Since the Royal Commission’s and a number of subsequent child abuse allegations in schools and religious institutions, vicarious liability has become a hallmark for personal injury compensation claims.
For many employers, drug-testing is an absolute must. Difficulties arise, however, in instituting drug-testing policies in the work place. In a recent case involving an employee of the pathology giants, Dorevitch Pathology, the Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) shed some light on the ‘best practice’ for employers looking to perform these drug tests.
In what may very well be a world first, a Canadian judge recently found that the Toronto Transit Commission (“TTC”) failed to protect their employees from abusive tweets
Since Safe Work Australia’s 2008 commitment to ‘harmonise’ Australian Occupational Health & Safety Laws (‘OHS’), the so-called ‘model legislation’, the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘WHS Act’), has gone from strength to strength. As it currently stands, the WHS Act has been passed in near identical form across all Australian jurisdictions except for Victoria and Western Australia.
In a recent decision at the Perth Magistrates Court, a Perth labour hire company has been fined $20,000 for failing to ensure the safety of their workers. The labour hire company in question, Eastlink, hired out their workers to a Bayswater waste recycling plant. Although no incident or injury had taken place, the Court held that Eastlink had failed to take reasonable steps towards ensuring that the recycling plant was a safe place to work.
Hail Creek Coal, a Rio Tinto subsidiary, has recently learned the hard way just how painful an adverse action can be.
No matter how carefully managed a company is, most will face issues arising from insolvent trading or non-payment of debts
Welcome to Hentys ‘Winter 2015’ newsletter edition. We trust you will find it both interesting and informative
Drug and alcohol testing and policies The introduction of policies dealing with drugs and alcohol in the workplace and the testing of employees is often challenging for employers. Additionally, various
Bullying provisions in a nutshell In the first nine months of 2014, the Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) received more than 530 applications for orders to stop bullying but only one