Health and safety at work

Tug workers at Port Hedland have worked shifts of more than 18 hours within the past month, according to time sheets and incident reports filed to shipping company Teekay.

Ministers could commercialise swathes of the health and safety “police”, a move that insiders fear could be the “first step to privatisation”.

Turkish police have arrested 18 people following the country's worst-ever mining disaster.

Rescuers desperately raced against time to reach hundreds of miners trapped underground after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 205 workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history.

A three story-building structure in Goa has collapsed, killing at least seven people, with dozens more feared trapped inside.

Across South-East Asia, workers, their families and communities are being exposed to deadly asbestos without knowing it can kill. But, thanks to the support of Australian unions, the situation is changing.

Part of the stadium due to host the World Cup opener collapses, possibly delaying delivery of the venue by FIFA's deadline.

A dramatic showdown is underway in the State of Washington, pitting Boeing against its largest labor union, the International Association of Machinists (IAM).  

A man has been jailed and an accomplice fined after illegally dumping thousands of tonnes of waste including asbestos.

Children as young as 12 are endangering their health by picking tobacco in the United States where the practice of having young people work on farms outside of school is completely legal, Human Rights Watch has warned.

Some 20 miners are reported to have been killed after an explosion and a fire at a coal mine in western Turkey.

Brazil’s troubled World Cup 2014 preparations may take another blow as a construction workers’ union slammed safety conditions at WC venues and called for a nationwide strike, following two more lethal incidents on Saturday.

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Royal Mail has seen half-year profits rise, driven by higher revenue from its parcel business, in its first results since its partial privatisation.

A BBC investigation into a UK-based Amazon warehouse has found conditions that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness".

Britain's blacklisted workers were railing at the companies who ruined their careers.

Flybe has revealed it will axe another 500 jobs in a cost-cutting drive that will also see the regional airline review unprofitable routes and bases.