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Arizona commission improperly slashes workplace safety penalties, feds say
- May 18, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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An investigation by federal OSHA officials has found the Industrial Commission of Arizona’s practice of arbitrarily reducing employers’ penalties for safety violations is undermining the deterrent power of those penalties and is not permitted under existing policies. The investigation also determined the governor-appointed commission “has been operating outside of its legal authority” by reclassifying the
Workplace Health and Safety Penalties – Potential to Increase
- May 6, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
The Queensland District Court has this week found that a fine of $ 90,000 imposed by the Queensland Magistrates Court in Williamson v VH & MG Imports Pty Ltd [2017] QDC 56 was “clearly manifestly inadequate” when compared with fines imposed in other harmonised jurisdictions under the model Workplace Health and Safetylaws. The ruling affirms
