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MAFS Hit With SafeWork Notices Over Alleged ‘Violence & Aggression’ & ‘Non-Consensual Touching’

One bride alleged she was filmed in the shower without consent, while a groom was reportedly accused of non-consensual touching.

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Legal team to tackle workplace manslaughter

A legal team has been set up to bring people and businesses to justice for workplace deaths under some of Australia's toughest industrial manslaughter laws..

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'It can kill': SafeWork inspectors target scaffold safety on Hunter construction sites

Hunter construction sites targeted in scaffold safety crackdown.

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Tough penalties finally coming for state's work deaths

Industrial manslaughter will bring a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail and up to $20 million in fines under tough laws being introduced to NSW parliament.

AAP

'Kick in the guts': Firefighters march amid wage negotiations

'Floods, bushfires, all we do - there's no respect.'

Newcastle Herald

'I fear there will be a death': SafeWork NSW overhaul after damning report

Insiders were worried about SafeWork's ineffective system.

Newcastle Herald

Gig workers next in line after SafeWork shake-up

The final review of NSW agencies created by the abolition of WorkCover has recommended another investigation to look at safety for workers in the gig economy.

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‘De facto wages cap by stealth’: NSW Greens seek to change Labor’s workplace bill

New law would restore sweeping powers to the Industrial Relations Commission, including giving it the ability to act like a court

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State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

Pressure is mounting for a national ban on the use of engineered stone as one state sets a deadline on talks and threatens to go it alone.

AAP

Industrial manslaughter laws to target corporations

NSW will join other jurisdictions in introducing industrial manslaughter laws making corporations more liable for workplace deaths.

AAP

Food delivery firm let poorly trained riders on streets

A food delivery service operating in four cities has been fined for not properly training hundreds of riders, leading to a warning for other app-based firms.

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Surprise visits and crackdowns: SafeWork to increase surveillance in Hunter

'Bosses have an obligation to people's lives.'

Newcastle Herald

Construction crackdown in Hunter amid safety concerns: minister

The workplace safety minister will meet with construction site inspectors in Newcastle today.

Newcastle Herald

Record fine issued over worker's woodchipper death

A record $2 million fine has been issued to a tree lopping company over the death of a worker who was killed while using a woodchipping machine in Sydney.

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'Threats, abuse, high workloads': watchdog cracks down on NDIS providers

Inspectors audited 40 workplaces and dished out more than 20 infringements.

Newcastle Herald

William Crighton's road to Glastonbury 2023

William Crighton is learning as he goes.

Newcastle Herald

Disability workers facing high stress, harassment and bullying, minister says

The audits ensure support workers are supported themselves.

Newcastle Herald

Minister in Newcastle as SafeWork conducts disability service blitz

Recent workers compensation claims data shows psychosocial hazards are prominent in the disability services sector.

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Aussie Fashion Giant Cops $29k Fine After Pleading Guilty To Underpaying Hundreds Of Staff

"The NSW Government is committed to standing up for workers and investigating businesses who are short-changing their staff."

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Aussie fashion giant cops record fine for underpayment

The largest specialty fashion retail group in Australia has been slapped with a $29,000 fine for underpaying workers long service entitlements.

Newcastle Herald

'See you soon, mate': the tragic day Tim didn't come home from work

"Tim is one of many workers that don't return home to their loved ones."

AAP

'Dire' situation as troubled icare hikes premiums

Business leaders are pushing for reform of troubled NSW public insurer icare, saying a hike in premiums will push some employers to the limit.

AAP

NSW public service strike after pay offer

NSW public sector workers are on strike, saying they deserve a pay rise above inflation after a decade of wage restraint.

AAP

iCare leaked nearly 200k workers' details

The NSW public insurer has blamed "human error" after the personal details of nearly 200,000 workers were sent to the wrong organisation.

Newcastle Herald

Paying tribute to workers who 'have gone to work and haven't come home'

"We are here to recognise and remember those that have been killed on the job, killed at work and killed by their work."

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