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NEWS 07 September 2010
Workplace rights: what we've learnt to date
Some of the most talked about new provisions in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), are the “workplace rights” protections. It is hoped that these provisions will protect employees from any adverse action of their employer against their workplace rights, says James Mattson, executive lawyer for Bartier Perry. 
Company and director responsible for Gladstone disaster fined almost $200,000
A company and director has been fined close to the maximum amount for failing to ensure the health and safety of their employees as a result of the Gladstone factory explosion which killed three employees and injured two more. 
Workplace health the poor cousin of safety
In a wide-ranging interview with Nat Cagilaba of Sydney radio station 2SER, Kevin Jones, OHS Consultant and Neil Foster, Senior Lecturer in Workplace Safety at the Faculty of Business and Law (University of Newcastle) discussed the issue of whether the current OHS regime is capable of adequately protecting the psychological health of employees. 
Right of entry subject to unreasonable requests
Fair Work Australia (FWA) has found that a trade union organiser exercising its right of entry to an employer’s premises was subject to unreasonable requests in respect to the timing and location of its access to the employer’s premises. 
NSW gay adoption Bill passes lower house
A Bill which would allow same sex couples to adopt children has passed the NSW Legislative Assembly by 45 votes to 43. 
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