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21 June 2017
Workplace Law & Culture
Getting tough on drugs and alcohol at work
Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW), every employer has a duty to eliminate risks to the health and safety of its employees.
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19 June 2017
Work Health & Safety
It’s time to re-think right of entry laws
“In a liberal democracy, it is assumed that citizens, corporations and other organisations will comply with the law”, an exasperated Full Federal Court recently commented.
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14 June 2017
Workplace Law & Culture
When governing is work and decision-making turns into bullying
Robust discussions and disagreements are part and parcel of decision-making, especially at senior levels and in the boardroom. Yet, we all know that decision-making can also involve personalities and politics, and occasionally, things can get diffic…
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02 December 2015
Workers Compensation
WIRO (WorkCover Independent Review Office) procedural review exam…
This Court decision examines the powers of WIRO to set aside a work capacity decision (WCD) by way of procedural review.
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28 August 2015
Workers Compensation
Court of Appeal knocks out top-up claims for workers compensation
This decision may mean that workers could delay bringing their lump sum compensation claim to ensure maximum benefit.
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26 August 2015
Workers Compensation
Section 59A Workers Compensation Act 1987, where degree of perman…
This decision opens the doors for arbitrators to determine whether a worker?s injury has resulted in permanent impairment.
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26 February 2015
Work Health & Safety
Impairment threshold in hearing loss claims revisited
The Court ruled that this hearing loss was a different injury from the one for which the claimant was already compensated.
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14 November 2014
Work Health & Safety
NSW WCC (NSW Workers Compensation Commission) Presidential Update…
2 October 2014 Sydney Community College Inc v Mudie [2014] NSWWCCPD 62 Deputy President Roche This case deals with a challenge to a factual finding of injury; alleged failure to consider general practitioner’s clinical notes and relevance of absence…
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13 October 2014
Work Health & Safety
NSW WCC (Workers Compensation Commission) Presidential Update - S…
28 August 2014 Northern NSW Local Health District (Tweed Heads Hospital) v Conaghan [2014] NSWWCCPD 54 Deputy President O'Grady This case deals with section 4 Workers Compensation Act 1987; injury arising out of or in course of employm…
