WA Jail Sentence under Workplace Safety Laws
Incident The Sole Director of a small Esperance company has been jailed for 8 months and the company fined $605 000 for gross negligence after death of young worker. Two workers fell whilst working at heights, resulting in one fatality and one serious injury. The Prosecutor argued that in “failure to implement safety systems and […]
WHS Act Introduction
January 2022 marks not only the start of a brand New Year but it also etches us closer to the long discussed and anticipated new Work Health and Safety Act in Western Australia, due to be enacted March 2022. But what exactly does this WHS Act actually mean to you and your business? We know […]
