UK researchers have found that workers with epilepsy or diabetes are no more likely than others to sustain workplace injuries, and warned that employers could be applying "unwarranted limitations" on them.
An employer didn't discriminate against a worker with a brain injury when it refused to offer her permanent employment unless she was capable of working night shifts, the Queensland Court of Appeal has ruled.
In separate adverse action rulings in the Federal Circuit Court, a solicitor who was sacked after he "misconducted himself" due to ill health has been awarded more than $100,000, while a second solicitor's claim has been rejected.
Employer fined for telling worker he would be sacked on 65th birthday; Many pregnant workers experiencing OHS discrimination; and Scaffolding and electrical notices issued in post-Barangaroo blitz.
A Victorian worker who claimed his employer took adverse action against him, in blocking his bid for promotion because of his stress injury, has had his case dismissed in the Federal Court.
An employer took adverse action against a train driver - following a train crash - in sacking him for failing to undertake a competency assessment when he felt "violently ill", the Federal Circuit Court has found.
A Queensland employer that failed to crack down on racist jokes in the workplace has escaped a damages bill, after the Supreme Court found the psychologically injured victim of the jokes actively participated in the banter.
An injured Tasmanian worker with diabetes wasn't discriminated against when his employer and supervisor refused to provide him with extra break time to inject himself with insulin, the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has found.
