- UK Company pays 1 million pounds
- Hotel workers to wear panic buttons
- Royal Opera House made to face the music
Violist, Chris Goldscheider, has succeeded in a landmark UK High Court case against the Royal Opera House Convent Garden Foundation. This case marks the first time 'acoustic shock' has been recognised as a compensable condition in the UK and the first time the High Court has explored the music industry's legal obligations towards the hearing of musicians.
- When can work be a smoko?
Can you be on a smoko and be at work at the same time?
Court rules that It was important that, during the rest period, the worker was free from work.
- penalty reduced on financial grounds
Worker in NZ looses hand. Court reduces penalty based on ability to pay
In WorkSafe New Zealand v Budget Plastics (New Zealand) Limited, a portion of a worker’s hand was amputated after it was caught in the auger of a plastic extrusion machine he was operating in his employer’s workplace. The worker faces a financial penalty that was reduced after accounting evidence showed that the company was unable to pay the fine.
- Star Wars Film Producers Prosecuted
A film production company is to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for an incident in which the actor Harrison Ford was injured during filming of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
- Electromagnetic fields harmful to your health
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) at your work environment could be harmful to your health
Female workers exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are at increased risk of menstrual disorders and other health problems like fatigue, Chinese researchers have found.
- Warning to Welders
The lung cancer risk of welding
- A big payout for two four two letter words
An ex employee writes rude words about her ex employee, on a cake. The picture is posted on FaceBook and the employer takes unfair action.
- Green Tea can improve brain function
Green tea can improve brain function.
Green tea has been hailed for many health benefits, including its effects against cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Now, new research suggests the beverage can enhance our brain's cognitive functions, particularly the working memory.
- Don't bully the boss
a Canadian employee carries out threat to 'expose' the employer and does so in contravention to a court order. She ends up being awarded a 20 day prison sentence.
- When is a mother not a mother
Is a surrogate mother entitled to maternity leave for the child that she has not carried? Judges differ in their interpretation.
- Obesity and work - the connection
- New Zealand to adopt Australian WHS law
- How I Broke My Collar Bone
Motor bike repairs done indoors resulting in a broken collar bone after being dropped by the medics.
- The church thatdoes not believe in prayer, and the whore house that does
It appears from the paperwork, that we now have a whorehouse owner who staunchly believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that thinks it's all bullshit
- OHS Consultant fined for being unqualified
An English health and safety consultant has been fined for failing to spot potential dangers at a factory where a worker became chronically ill through inhaling high levels of chemicals.
- Prison for OHS fraud
A Louisiana man will spend time in prison for lying about worker injuries at Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear facilities, allowing his company to collect $2.5 million in safety bonuses.
- What is sex discrimination worth?
Woman wins sex discrimination appeal in China, and wins about AU$0.17
- Don't get Cross about a Cross
There have been a few cases recently about the right to display religious symbols, and the decisions of the courts have not always been the same. This is the story of some of those cases
- Fired for being too sexy
Employee fired for being 'irrisistable'
- Is lactation a condition of pregnancy
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is acting for a Texas mother who was fired days after she asked her employer about a room to pump breast milk. A judge ruled that after the woman gave birth the former employee 'was no longer pregnant and her pregnancy-related conditions ended.'
- Email From Home results in sacking
Email, sent from home, outside of work hours, results in sacking. This case happened in the UK but could it happen in Australia? Perhaps this case should be a lesson to employees anywhere.
- Compo case while working from home
Woman falls over family pet while working from home and claims compensation. The hazard of working from home?
- Top ten US causes of workplace injury
According to the 2008 Workplace Safety Index, here are ten of the most common workplace injuries in the USA
- Drug testing and the story of a false 'you know what'
The story of the wizinator and how to beat a drug test and safety laws with a false 'you-know-what'
- Does your company have a love contract?
When love at work goes wrong. Can you avoid the inevitable fallout?
- Unknown worker retires
A parking attendant retires after years of work, but was he ever employed?
- The crazy world of Britain's OHS Regulations
The end of the rocking horse industry, and pencil cases that breach OHS
- Buffered for Morale, or getting it all off
Strip down and get naked together - a cure for low morale in the workplace. (or is that low morals?)
