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Employers should retrain and re-induct any former workers they re-employ, even if they've only been away for a few months, the Queensland IRC has stressed in awarding compensation to a worker injured while riding a pallet jack "like a scooter".

The husband of a worker who died after diving into a river at a work function has lost his appeal for death benefits, after a court - in applying the recently refined Hatzimanolis test - found the employer didn't encourage the activity.

Two co-workers whose romantic relationship was allegedly depicted in a novel, written by a colleague's husband, have been denied damages for psychiatric injuries.

A Queensland employer has successfully argued on appeal that a worker's journey injury isn't compensable because it was caused by her dangerous driving.

An employer that promptly addressed a safety superintendent's "serious and urgent" performance issues acted unreasonably, the Queensland IRC has ruled in a workers' comp dispute.

An employer acted reasonably in requiring a shift worker, who decided he couldn't work Saturdays for religious reasons, to take annual leave on those days while it found a new role for him, a court has ruled in rejecting the man's renewed bid for workers' compensation.

A worker who claims her supervisor directed her to accompany him alone in his work vehicle, before taking her to a caravan park "to party", has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychiatric injury.

An employee who was awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury triggered by her manager's swearing and inappropriate behaviour has had her benefits stripped in the Queensland Industrial Court.

A worker who suffered a psychiatric injury after her boss secretly took photos of her breasts has been denied workers' compensation, but will appeal the decision.

Bunnings has been ordered to pay $700,000 in damages to a worker who went into a coma and suffered septicaemia after inhaling fertiliser dust while performing a routine task.