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Two separate claims for compensation for hearing loss against NSW employers have been dismissed, after the WCC found one employer was not noisy, and the other was not the claimant's last noisy place of work.

A Queensland workers' compensation dispute has shown the serious consequences playing pranks at work can have for both workers and their employers.

WorkCover NSW and WorkSafe Victoria have clarified the alarming cost of workers' compensation claims for stress, industrial deafness and musculoskeletal disorders, and outlined what they plan to do to help employers reduce them.

Industrial deafness claimants must be able to prove their workplaces are "noisy" environments, a NSW arbitrator has found in rejecting a truck driver's claim.

More workers could be encouraged to claim compensation for work-related hearing loss, after the NSW WCC found that tinnitus can tip claimants over the permanent impairment threshold.

Western Australian employer/directors fined $180K after death; and Workplace noise hazards still rife.