A tribunal has criticised an employer for failing to meet with a psychologically injured worker to resolve the management issues that contributed to his condition and help him return him to work.
Comcare focused too heavily on an employer's reasonable administrative action when it decided an employee who had been bullied and harassed wasn't entitled to workers' compensation, a tribunal has found.
Employers can combat the growing phenomenon of work-related cyberbullying by training workers to be more optimistic and resilient, as well as training them in email etiquette, Australian researchers say.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's stop-bullying application after finding the unreasonable actions of a number of his managers weren't "repeated".
A worker has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages for schizophrenia and diabetes arising from a minor work-related hand injury, after successfully appealing to a full Supreme Court.
Australian researchers have warned that long working hours contribute to poor mental health and need to be regulated, but the Productivity Commission's draft workplace relations report, released yesterday, found that current restrictions are adequate.
Employers urgently need to develop specific workplace interventions for both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, according to Canadian researchers, who describe the issue as a "significant form of workplace violence".
The majority of Australia's biggest mining companies and banks have strategies for improving their employees' mental health and wellbeing, but few of them publicly disclose whether the initiatives work, according to a new report.
The parents of a worker who died in a car accident while driving from work to university have lost their appeal for death benefits, while a manager who sustained a psychological injury after being transferred has also been denied compensation on appeal.
