Injured worker who was told to soldier on wins $550K
A worker who was told by his foreman to continue performing manual tasks immediately after he aggravated an ankle injury has been awarded nearly $550,000 in damages.
A worker who was told by his foreman to continue performing manual tasks immediately after he aggravated an ankle injury has been awarded nearly $550,000 in damages.
A young Queensland worker who suffered back injuries in a dump truck incident, and then aggravated those injuries in another truck incident during her second day in alternative duties, has been awarded $1.4 million in damages.
Work-related death toll spikes in lead up to Christmas; Supervisors the key players in RTW process; and Comcare opens awards and releases guidance.
An effective return-to-work process hinges on cooperation between injured workers' GPs and employer-appointed occupational physicians (OPs), but do the former doctors trust the latter?
The number of workers' comp claims lasting longer than two weeks has dropped "significantly" in South Australia in recent months, but the State's high premium rates won't fall without legislative reform, according to WorkCover SA chief executive Greg McCarthy.
Jetstar has successfully defended an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim, but a Commissioner found it "should have done better" during the dismissal process by, for example, providing all relevant information to the worker's medical assessor.
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