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Injured workers' weekly compensation can only be recalculated and reduced based on their superannuation entitlements if they have actually received those benefits, a full Federal Court has confirmed.

An employer that changed a worker's hours, and told her the new roster was "non-negotiable", has been found liable for her psychological condition.

A former Quarantine employee who claimed workers' compensation nine years after allegedly sustaining a bullying-related psych injury, and then failed to appeal against an AAT decision in favour of Comcare within the required time, has had his case thrown out by the Federal Court.

The AAT has chastised a manager for insensitively performance managing an injured worker with a history of stress, and upheld the worker's appeal.

A worker who claimed her severe hearing loss was caused by her noisy office and high-pitched telephone noises has had her workers' compensation claim rejected.

In a long-running dispute, an injured worker who claims Comcare should cover the costs of obtaining a modified motor vehicle has had his claim rejected by a full Federal Court.

Qantas has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that an injured worker's unfair dismissal claim was invalid because he had already successfully disputed his RTW plan under state law.

High Court rejects Australia Post's damages appeal; Comcare and FSC release annual reports; and RSRT follows up first order with plan to focus on supermarket chains.

In a decision that was reserved pending the High Court's judgment of the motel-s-x case, the Federal Court has found that a worker injured at a roadhouse during an eight-hour round trip to see a doctor - who his employer encouraged him to visit - is entitled to workers' compensation.

The lawyer who led Comcare's successful High Court appeal in the motel-s-x case has outlined the new four-step version of the Hatzimanolis test.