Browsing: Workers' compensation court and tribunal decisions | Page 174

An employer whose two directors impulsively dismissed a manager for taking sick leave has been ordered to pay more than $115,000 in fines, compensation and costs.

An employer has successfully appealed against a decision to award compensation to an employee who was assaulted on his way home from a work-related social event - via a pizza shop - while attending an interstate training course.

Unsafe employer fined for abusing off-duty WorkCover inspector; Farmer's death highlights need to maintain and operate machinery to standard; and Employee deserved right of reply to "negative" survey results.

Ai Group to appeal FWA's workers' comp/service ruling; OHS fine nearly doubled to $230k on appeal; and Extreme care urged following two excavator fatalities.

Facebook ruling could spark workplace racism "free-for-all"; Employer fined $60k as WorkSafe increases enforcement activity; and Essential safety news from Queensland, NSW, Tasmania and Victoria.

Ambulance Victoria's claim that it would not be in the public interest to reinstate an ambulance driver, who became dependent on methadone after a work injury, has been rejected by a Fair Work Australia full bench.

Regulator missed chance to change fatal safety attitude; Workers' comp fraudsters ordered to repay more than $40k; and Collision-avoidance devices could become mandatory for Queensland mines.

An employee who worked for less than three months for an on-hire agency before spending more than a year on workers'-comp leave is protected by unfair dismissal laws, Fair Work Australia has found. Also in this article, FWA has ruled that bad language and agitated behaviour are grounds for dismissing a flight attendant - but not a construction worker.

A teleconference that a Commonwealth Bank manager blamed for his suicide attempt cannot be categorised as "administrative action", whether unreasonable or otherwise, a full Federal Court has ruled in upholding his compensation claim.

Victorian employer United Petroleum has successfully appealed against a decision to change the industry classification of its Melbourne-based national head office to "service stations", and more than quadruple its workers' compensation premiums.