Industrial manslaughter has recently become an offence in New South Wales and might not be too far away in New Zealand if we follow Australia’s lead.
It’s a significant development for Australia’s workplace health and safety regime and carries hefty penalties of up to $20 million for a body corporate and 25 years of imprisonment for an individual.
BY Abby Lohrey, Gwen Drewitt, Andrew Shaw, Fiona McMillan, and Andy Bell
Read More“All directors should be aware of their due diligence duty and how that duty is being met. Simply leaving health and safety to the PCBU and not taking an active interest and role in how workers are being protected from harm to their health, safety and welfare is not good enough!”
Article by Bronwyn Heenan, Business Desk
Read MoreFollowing two risk assessments that took place in 2013 and 2017, both of which identified serious risks, Camden Council was found to have failed to address issues in one of its properties.
Read MoreWorkSafe New Zealand and Water Safety New Zealand are uniting to call for greater care around ponds, dams, and water bores, in light of new figures on drownings.
Read MoreA building owner has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after an employee was left paralysed when a hoist platform he was working from plummeted from the third floor to ground level.
Read MoreA Blackburn-based warehouse owner has been fined after an employee of a roofing contractor fell approximately 30 feet through a glass skylight on a warehouse roof resulting in severe life changing injuries.
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