PCBUs' incident notification duties could soon be amended to capture a much broader range of incidents and require periodic reporting of matters like workplace bullying and traumatic events.
"Workplace-directed" programs appear to be the most successful return-to-work (RTW) interventions for employees on sick leave with burnout, according to researchers, who stress that successful RTW hinges on early intervention.
A worker has unsuccessfully challenged the outcomes of his return-to-work grievances, with a commission finding there was no evidence he was provided an unsafe workplace or his employer should have launched an investigation into his bullying and harassment complaints.
A worker who sustained a psychological injury, after her employer started monitoring her work schedule, has won her bid for compensation, with a commission finding the actions of her team leader didn't constitute a "performance appraisal" invoking the reasonable-action defence.
One of Australia's big four banks has been censured for concluding, without going through the proper channels, that an employee's workers' comp claim linked to alleged "unachievable work pressures" is invalid.
Studies involving the experiences of nearly 15,000 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic have identified key lessons for preventing burnout in the "post-pandemic" workplace, including by mitigating "moral distress".
A worker has proved her post-traumatic stress disorder was caused by traumatic incidents throughout her lengthy employment, with a commission rejecting her employer's claim her injury resulted from reasonable action taken after she refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
A worker has been granted interim stop-bullying orders creating communication restrictions and blocking disciplinary actions against her, with a commissioner expressing "genuine concern" for her safety in the absence of orders.
A worker has failed to prove on appeal that his employer was vicariously liable for another worker's actions in pointing a gun at his head, which caused his post-traumatic stress disorder.
