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Coles has been ordered to pay workers' comp to an "inattentive" Queensland employee who suffered head injuries and brain damage after he ran his car off the road while driving to work.

Bullying problem perseveres as damages awarded for racist joke; Widow wins workers' comp after red-back death confirmed; and Commonwealth workers one step closer to recess compensation.

An employer cannot be expected to have systems in place to identify and accommodate the "particular psychological vulnerabilities" of all of its workers, a judge has ruled in rejecting a QR Ltd employee's compensation claim.

A Queensland court has reversed a decision to award $500,000 to a lone worker who was assaulted by an elderly customer, after finding her employer was entitled to regard the risk as "singularly slight".

A Queensland employer should have assessed the risk of lifting a five kilogram canister, even though it was just one of the thousands of pieces of small equipment regularly handled by its staff, the Court of Appeal has ruled in awarding an injured worker $640,000 in damages.

A Queensland worker whose office chair rolled backwards when she stood up, causing her to land of the floor when she sat down, was entitled to $420,000 in damages, the Supreme Court has confirmed in dismissing her employer's appeal.

A Queensland secretary who injured her back while lifting a box of paper has been awarded nearly $240,000 in damages, after a judge found she had not been trained to lift things safely.

A Queensland employer was justified in seeking further details of an absent worker's illness, after nearly two months' worth of medical certificates merely described her as "medically unwell", the IRC has found.