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A worker who was repeatedly groped by her director has been awarded $733,000 in damages, after the NSW District Court found her employer exposed her to serious and immediate danger in failing to act on her complaints.

A worker who believes his poor health arose from his employer's "malevolently motivated micromanagement" of him has been denied a stop-bullying order.

The Fair Work Commission has received far fewer applications than expected under its new anti-bullying jurisdiction, but it has received more than 100,000 enquiries on the issue, and the application rate is gradually increasing, according to its annual report.

• NSW Bill clarifies link between WHS Act and mining laws;
  
• NSW response to bullying inquiry quiet on proposed legislation; and
  
• BHPB appeals against $2.2m asbestos payout.

Proposed laws for protecting NSW public servants, and others excluded from the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying provisions, should complement the Commonwealth legislation and be overseen by the State IRC, according to State Greens MP David Shoebridge.

• Four individuals charged over forklift safety incidents;
  
• Employer enters undertaking after dangerous goods stolen; and
  
• Workers' comp lawyer told client to lodge anti-bullying claim.

Australian researchers have developed a special hierarchy of controls for tackling psychosocial hazards such as bullying and harassment, and outlined a best-practice approach to risk assessment.

Workplace fatality rate creeping up in NSW; Presumptive cancer comp laws to cover all WA firefighters; and Queensland launches bullying and harassment review.

Anti-bullying claim rejected after jurisdictional objection; and Abbott announces OHS review as part of Government's response to insulation inquiry.

The High Court's decision in Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker has "allayed the fears" of employers by blocking a new avenue for them to be sued over workplace bullying and other issues, according to Sparke Helmore Lawyers.