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Workplace interventions aimed at improving worker productivity are "most effective" if they tackle bullying and harassment and reduce work pressure, a major Safe Work Australia report says.

An Australian Taxation Office team leader, who claimed her managers did nothing when she complained of being bullied and harassed by a co-worker, has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury.

More senior executives "than ever before" can now be found liable for safety breaches linked to work Christmas parties, an OHS lawyer says. Also in this article, employers have been put on notice after a worker sustained permanent injuries from heatstroke.

A Queensland worker who claimed a co-worker bullied her and made threats against women has had her workers' compensation claim dismissed, after the IRC found it was her perception of the co-worker, and not his actions, that caused her psychological injury.

A Victorian business owner, who threatened to dissolve his workers in acid, has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $50,000 in costs. Also in this article, a decision to reinstate a hospital worker, who was sacked after slapping a patient, has been overturned on appeal.

Comcare outlines policy on "accidental non-compliance" in draft; A thousand workers win workers' comp exemption in NSW; SA Greens progress firefighter Bill, call for "serious" anti-bullying laws; WorkCover NSW targeting glass businesses in wake of deaths, injuries; and Q-COMP releases new medical fees.

The parliamentary inquiry into the "scourge" of workplace bullying has declined to recommend a national equivalent of Brodie's Law, instead calling for the development of a national advisory service to help employers and workers deal with the issue.

Employers that provide access to leave entitlements for victims of domestic violence can stem the "flow-on effect" of the problem in the workplace, according to Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings.

Alcohol-related s-xual harassment is one of the biggest risks employers face at work functions, says Mills Oakley Lawyers partner Luke Connolly, in urging employers to create clear policies to deal with the issue.

A new report on the NSW public sector has outlined eight measures the troubled Ambulance Service introduced to help managers deal with workplace bullying and reduce its psychological injury claims costs by 72 per cent.