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FRI

3:26PM

Work and non-work factors combined for lump sum award

A psychologically injured worker, whose 'messy' diagnosis made it difficult to attribute his impairment to a particular event, has been awarded lump sum compensation.

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FRI

2:25PM

Employer entitled to sack "strange" worker; and more

Employer entitled to sack "strange", aggressive worker;
Victoria commits to "presumptive" compensation after years of pressure; and
Alerts issued after trailer death and heat-stress incident.

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FRI

11:54AM

Co-worker aggression 'multiplies' distress

Australian researchers have found that while medical practitioners are regularly exposed to aggression from "external sources", bullying or abuse from co-workers has the greatest impact on their health and job satisfaction.

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THU

3:08PM

Worker repeatedly sped but unfairly sacked

An employer that denied a truck driver procedural fairness when it sacked him for repeatedly speeding was a large enough company to have developed proper policies for dismissing employees, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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THU

1:00PM

Employer convicted for failing to assign a safety spotter

An employer that failed to assign a spotter for a hazardous task has been convicted of OHS breaches, with the NSW District Court yesterday rejecting its claim that a worker's injury wasn't foreseeable because a similar incident had never occurred.

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WED

3:57PM

Five options flagged for WA laws; Qld news; and more

Five options flagged for WA safety laws;
New WHS regulations postponed in Queensland;
Tasmania's safest employers and workers announced; and
Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

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WED

2:32PM

Worker exposed to harassment "peril", awarded $733k

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.

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TUE

12:58PM

How hazardous-industry employers reduced risks

A new European report has outlined how employers in a highly hazardous industry have reduced workers' exposure to violence, infectious diseases and other risks.

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MON

3:59PM

Employer's conduct found to be 'ordinary management prerogative' in bullying case

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

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MON

1:54PM

White-collar workers at greater risk of thoracic spine pain

White-collar workers are more likely than their blue-collar counterparts to suffer thoracic spine pain, French researchers have found.

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