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Lifting heavy loads just twice a week can double a worker's risk of retinal detachment, and the incident rate is likely to increase as the workforce ages, an international study have found.

Two employers have been ordered to pay an injured worker nearly $2 million in damages, after a court found his tasks weren't rotated because he was paired with an older man who refused to perform heavy work.

A coronial inquest into the death of a worker has recommended a seven-part safe system of work for mobile plant. Meanwhile, another coronial inquiry has warned against developing a cavalier approach to workplace safety over time, after a blasting fatality.

• Sacked abusive worker ordered to pay FWC bill;
  
• Workers' comp amendments receive assent in Vic;
  
• Alerts and warnings issued in four states; and
  
• Three agencies appoint new chiefs.

Employers should focus on lower extremity strength in their intervention programs for older workers, according to US researchers.

• Workers' comp Bill extends benefits in Vic;
  
• Employer convicted for injury discrimination; and
  
• Victoria's safest employers and individuals announced.

A major employer has reduced its days lost to ergonomic injuries from about 200 per year to just two, as well as lowering its workers' comp premiums, since introducing its "ergonomic champions" program.

A major employer has failed to convince a commission that it is not liable for occupational hearing loss sustained by an employee more than 25 years ago.

A world-first study has found that workers in "high strain" jobs are less likely to adhere to prescribed medication for managing chronic disease, increasing the risk of sick leave.

An embassy unfairly dismissed a 77-year-old worker by deciding not to renew her employment contract while she was on sick leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.