07-24-2023, 08:22 AM
CASA, like all employers, has a duty under occupational health and safety laws to provide a safe working environment.
It matters not whether Mr. Buckley has committed an offence and I am sure that was the furthest thing from his mind.
What matters is that, by his own admission, a physical confrontation, however minor, may have occurred while at least one party was in a perhaps highly emotional state. Under O H & S rules that is a potential source of injury and must be prevented in future.
As far as I can tell, CASA’S response is copybook and proportionate from an O H & S point of view. It is unfortunately also irreversible.
Mr. Buckley needs a lawyer; now. Legal intervention is the only thing apart from the church or medical profession that can perhaps break this depressing spiral dive.
It matters not whether Mr. Buckley has committed an offence and I am sure that was the furthest thing from his mind.
What matters is that, by his own admission, a physical confrontation, however minor, may have occurred while at least one party was in a perhaps highly emotional state. Under O H & S rules that is a potential source of injury and must be prevented in future.
As far as I can tell, CASA’S response is copybook and proportionate from an O H & S point of view. It is unfortunately also irreversible.
Mr. Buckley needs a lawyer; now. Legal intervention is the only thing apart from the church or medical profession that can perhaps break this depressing spiral dive.