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An appeals court has rejected a worker's claim that his diabetes made him short tempered and caused him to swear, and his employer discriminated against him in dismissing him on those grounds.

An injured worker's $100,000 disability discrimination claim has been dismissed, after a tribunal found providing modified work, like the job rotation he requested, would require extensive training that "imposed an unjustifiable hardship on the employer".

Following the recent launch of a national inquiry into workplace s-xual harassment in Australia, a UK parliamentary inquiry has expressed deep concerns over the failure of OHS regulators and employers to treat harassment as a serious health and safety issue.

Adhering to wellbeing and sick-leave policies cannot be used by employers as a defence for actions that breach anti-discrimination laws, a tribunal has ruled in awarding $20,000 to a worker with an "assumed" mental illness.

• Company, owner fined $211k in racial-discrimination first;
  
• WHS changes slashing annual compliance costs: reports; and
  
• ABCC clarifies status of CFMMEU entry permits.

A commission has reiterated the right of employers to dismiss workers who can't perform the inherent requirements of their job, in a dispute over a major employer's proposed work capacity assessment regime.

A worker who was refused further shifts with a company after taking sick leave, due to a domestic violence incident, has failed to prove the company discriminated against her on the basis of her gender.

An employer indirectly discriminated against a worker with type 2 diabetes in failing to follow up on missing medical information on his employment form, which would have helped it take steps to prevent his workload damaging his health, a tribunal has found.

• Employer fined over OHS breaches caught on film;
  
• Older worker accused of being workers' comp threat; and
  
• Vic's safest and most innovative employers announced.

A depressed worker's long-running and prolix injury and discrimination claims have become even more complicated for his former employer, with an appeals court finding a tribunal arguably erred in dismissing his equal opportunity claim as frivolous.