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Employers have been urged to ensure job rotation includes tasks that aren't physically taxing, after researchers found blue-collar workers who perform multiple physically demanding tasks are at significant risk of long-term sick leave.

An employment "specialist" has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 to a worker it sacked without notice immediately after a meeting on her return-to-work program.

A worker who complained of bullying before being sacked for refusing to see a company-nominated doctor, after a one-day absence, has been awarded nearly $44,000.

• Anti-bullying laws flagged for Qld IR overhaul; and
  
• OHS breaches reported to Vic labour-hire inquiry.

Medical certification must challenge the assumption that a worker's injury or illness equates to disability, according to a study on traditional medical certificates and "fit notes".

Employers can take five steps to improve workplace culture and reduce stress-related sick leave, according to an employee assistance program provider. Meanwhile, Queensland researchers have produced a series of free videos on improving worker health in the blue-collar sector.

• Start date for "fit notes" flagged in Qld; and
  
• Bill eases limits on workers' comp investigations.

A large employer has improved its OHS outcomes and employee trust in management by introducing strategies to identify and make adaptations for workers with chronic illness, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

An employer has been ordered to reinstate a sacked worker, after the Fair Work Commission found it relied too heavily on one doctor's assessment of the man's capacity to return to work after a serious skydiving accident.

A worker who took three weeks off work after being bitten by a whitetail spider has been denied access to special extended sick leave under her employer's enterprise agreement.