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An appeals commission has rejected submissions that a worker's ruptured breast implant was not an injury because it did not cause a "physiological change".

A new industrial manslaughter offence and other key safety measures passed Federal Parliament today, under a Government deal with crossbench senators, while new right-to-disconnect laws appear likely to be added to the Closing Loopholes Bill.

A WHS regulator will enforce the utilisation of risk assessments for psychosocial hazards in psychologically dangerous workplaces, under one of 18 recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into NSW's workers' compensation system.

The Federal Court has ordered a redetermination of whether a worker's injury was caused by customer aggression or reasonable administrative action, finding an earlier decision in favour of the man failed to apply the correct legal test.

A major employer has been found liable for the hearing loss of an "administrative" worker, with an appeals commission confirming she conducted visits to dangerously noisy sites.

A worker who claimed she suffered a psychological injury from her employer sending her "very intense" emails on a COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been denied compensation, with a commission finding there was nothing unreasonable about the employer's communication.

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A worker's psychological injuries are impacting on his physical condition but he is still entitled to two sets of incapacity payments, an appeals commission has confirmed.

A tribunal has expressed sympathy for an injured worker's frustrations with his compensation claim, finding a major employer failed to provide him with clear advice or fulfil its obligations to assess his application properly.

A court has rejected a worker's claim that her employer unlawfully threatened to lodge a workers' compensation claim, against her will, after she raised safety concerns affecting her mental health.