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Will Employee Fatigue Land You in Jail? Yes

In this week’s Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss how recent WorkSafe charges of reckless endangerment over a failure to manage fatigue leading to the death of an employee, impacts the workplace.

Recently, WorkSafe have laid charges of reckless endangerment against a company and its sole director over a failure to manage fatigue leading to the death of an employee.

The decision to charge takes fatigue management out of Chain of Responsibilities law and makes fatigue in all aspects of work a high-risk aspect of work requiring review.

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Managing Principal - Victoria

Principal Lawyer - Head of Workplace Relations

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