Welcome to the HWLE National Safety Newsletter
Sexual and gender-based harassment – code of practice SafeWork Australia published the new Code of Practice (CoP) in December 2023 on…
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High stakes: Navigating medicinal cannabis in the workplace
Dealing with cannabis used to be simple for employers – if an employee tested positive then they could be disciplined…
Less than 7 weeks until Christmas – what you need to be doing now
We don’t want to cause panic amongst human resources staff, but with less than 8 weeks until Christmas, there are…
Director convicted and fined for sexual harassment at work
A director and two companies were convicted and fined in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for breaching the Occupational Health and…
Could your business be vicariously liable for the negligence of a non-employee worker?
It is a longstanding and well understood principle of common law that an employer will be vicariously liable for damage…
South Australia proposes new Industrial Manslaughter laws
Recently, the South Australian Attorney-General introduced a bill to Parliament proposing the introduction of criminal industrial manslaughter laws in South…