A worker injured by his unergonomic home setup and sedentary tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic has successfully argued his employer should supply him with a $12,000 mattress, but failed to remove the time limits on his compensable medical treatments.
An employer that failed to carry out a "diligent investigation" into serious allegations against a worker has been found liable for his psychological injury.
A worker who fell from a ladder at home and broke her wrist has proved the injury was causally connected to her work-related knee injury, with a commission ordering her former employer to pay for all her reasonably necessary medical treatments.
An injured worker's computer illiteracy has influenced a judgment ruling out, as suitable employment, two sedentary roles an employer claims she could perform in lieu of receiving compensation if she honed her skills in a training course.
An employer has been deemed vicariously liable for the actions of a worker who negligently failed to safely reverse a forklift, causing a collision that injured one of his colleagues.
A commission has rejected an employer's contentions that: a "violent and painful" work incident could not have caused a worker's stress disorder; and her ability to undertake "suitable duties" not long after the incident blocked her incapacity claim.
A long-serving worker who experienced five years of bullying from a co-worker in the form of verbal threats and aggression has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after the bully was promoted to be his supervisor.
A police officer psychologically injured from working on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been awarded more than $1.8 million in damages, in a case examining the obligations of employers to oversee their employee assistance programs.
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.
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.