An appeals court has criticised an employer's attempts to block an incapacitated worker's injury claim after his first claim was stymied by a technicality, saying it would be "perverse" to accept the employer's arguments and calling on decision makers to respect the objectives of compensation laws.
A court has affirmed that lump sum death benefits must be paid to the wife of a killed worker, rejecting the employer's claim the couple had been separated for two years and she was no longer dependent on his income.
An "administrative" worker who was required to undertake repetitive bending work for a "long duration" - without adequate rest breaks or appropriate equipment - has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages, after a court found her host employer negligently caused her lower back pain and secondary psychological injury.
A worker who was assaulted while socialising with teenage girls "during a journey arising out of or in the course of [his] employment", has been denied compensation under both the High Court test for interval injuries and the journey "deviation" test.
A labour-hire company "induced or encouraged" a fly-in-fly-out worker to play the soccer game between shifts that injured him, a judge has confirmed, rejecting the company's claim that any inducement came from a third party and removed its liability.
The High Court has rejected an employer's bid for special leave to challenge a ruling that it is not entitled to recover, from its insurer, any damages and compensation paid to an injured worker because of its safety record.
A worker who previously proved his employer negligently failed to control the risks posed by a slippery floor, has failed to convince an appeals court he was a credible witness and the breach caused him to suffer injuries and a pain condition.
A company's safe system for managing space and work clashes between different trades on a major project has helped block a $770,000 injury damages bid, made by a "keen" worker who took it upon himself to remove materials installed by other contractors.
A company breached the National Employment Standards by failing to a pay a worker for the annual leave he accrued while receiving workers' compensation, a judge has ruled after examining an appellate-level decision and injury provisions from two jurisdictions.
A principal contractor and an employer have been found jointly liable for a worker's three-metre fall off a ladder, after they failed to implement a system to prevent safety measures from being dismantled prematurely or to erect them as needed.