In this much anticipated report, OHS Alert outlines all the major legislative changes and court decisions on workplace health and safety and workers' comp issues in the final quarter of 2019.
A major Australian study has found that having low job control, like not having the freedom to decide when and how to work, is associated with a 39 per cent increased risk of death from any cause.
European researchers have shed light on the lesser known diseases associated with two occupational exposures, including welding, which has been linked to more types of cancer.
Workplaces are being urged to implement oral health programs to prevent gum disease: a "silent" condition that can have serious impacts on workers' mental health and physical fitness for work.
For an absence from work to count as an "authorised recess", there must be an expectation by the employer that the worker will return to work, a court has found in a case involving a worker who was injured driving to his doctor.
Employers should consider including, in their first-aid kits, asthma-relieving inhalers and spacers and epinephrine auto-injectors (EpiPens) for the treatment of anaphylaxis, according to a draft Compliance Code mirroring national WHS amendments.
A large employer allowed a conflict between a worker and his manager to persist for so long that the mental health of both workers deteriorated, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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A worker's diagnosis of "soft tissue injury" from a vehicle incident is too broad for his employer to be liable for two subsequent conditions, an appeals court has ruled.
