In this issue: we look at work health and safety laws harmonisation; redeployment obligations in a redundancy; employer rights to determine where on-site union meetings are held; and whether asserting a right under an employment contract can ground an adverse action claim.

• Key issues in OHS harmonisation
• Reasonable to redeploy to lower paid and lower status position
• Refusal to allow lunch room union meeting reasonable
• Is a common law contract a ‘workplace instrument’ for adverse action purposes?

Reproduced with permission of Allens Arthur Robinson and in accordance with their terms of use.

• Introduction
• The incident
• The offence of reckless endangerment
• The approach of the Court when sentencing
• Drilling company and managing director convicted and fined
• A further warning for employers, managers and supervisors
• The model Work Health and Safety Act includes high penalties for these offences
• Lessons for business

 Reproduced with permission of Norton Rose in accordance with their legal notice and disclaimers.

Brisbane Barrister – David Cormack