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. [ + ]

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

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

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. [ + ]

New Zealand’s employment legislation still needs work in the areas of remedies and punishments involving dismissal law, according to an expert in employment and industrial relations. [ + ]

Andreas Cebulla, a senior research fellow at the Flinders-based National Institute of Labour Studies, has begun a year-long study to determine whether low apprenticeship wages are forcing Australian tradies into homelessness and housing instability. [ + ]

GAAM Emergency Products has been awarded the contract to manufacture and supply 127 MK300 diesel powered pumps for the Country Fire Authority (CFA). [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is using National Farm Safety Week to urge all NSW farmers to think about work health and safety on their farms. [ + ]

The Fair Work Ombudsman will audit up to 250 specialised food retailers in South Australia over the next four months as part of a new education and compliance campaign. [ + ]

A Kilmore man has died in hospital after falling 2.4 m at a housing development at Doreen last week. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the incident which happened at a site in Midland Road, Doreen. [ + ]

The public comment period for the National Guidance Material for Working Safely on the Waterfront closes on Friday, 10 August 2012. [ + ]