The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology has been fined $120,000 by the Industrial Relations Court after a student was injured in a fall at a TAFE SA campus. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria inspectors are finding high-risk construction work being performed on up to 20 construction sites every week without a suitable safety plan which can help save lives, prevent injuries and get work done more efficiently. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria is reminding the construction industry of the dangers associated with trenches after one collapsed on a worker at a domestic housing site at Pakenham at the weekend. [ + ]

As health and safety professionals feel increased pressure to manage company costs without compromising worker safety, a new report from 3M outlines best practices to achieve these goals. [ + ]

Skilled migrants who can’t find jobs that use their education and qualifications are more likely to suffer mental health problems after three and a half years of arriving in Australia, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR). [ + ]

New research from Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University has shed light on the roles bystanders play in workplace bullying. [ + ]

A retail caravan business dismissed an employee because he took leave to care for his dying mother, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges. [ + ]

A single complaint from a service technician in South Australia has resulted in the discovery that almost 400 of the woman’s co-workers had been underpaid more than $354,000. [ + ]

Shift workers are significantly more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. [ + ]

Victoria-based catering company Holtham Family, trading as The Soup Box, discriminated against a female employee because of her pregnancy, the Fair Work Ombudsman has found. [ + ]

Gadens Lawyers has welcomed Katherine Morris, a work health and safety law specialist, to complete its full service offering in workplace-related law. [ + ]

WorkCover Queensland’s regulatory authority, Q-COMP, has released a revised version of the workers compensation medical certificate for medical providers. [ + ]

A report released by Safe Work Australia has found that casual workers recorded a work-related injury rate 50% higher than non-casual workers in 2009-10, with females reporting a significantly higher rate of injuries per hour worked than males. [ + ]

Kakos Trolley Services, a trolley collection company, has been convicted and fined $200,000 after the death of an elderly man who was run over by a reversing vehicle at a shopping centre loading dock. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation will host a safety symposium, highlighting the latest developments in safety technology and automation, in Adelaide on 8 August 2012. [ + ]