An employer acted reasonably in requiring a shift worker, who decided he couldn't work Saturdays for religious reasons, to take annual leave on those days while it found a new role for him, a court has ruled in rejecting the man's renewed bid for workers' compensation.
Ambulance officers and paramedics are more likely than most other workers to suffer mental and musculoskeletal injuries, and their workers' comp claim rates are increasing, Australian researchers have found.
In a submission to the Productivity Commission that sends a strong message to employers, Australian National University researchers have highlighted the link between unpredictable working hours and occupational injuries, musculoskeletal disorders and poor health.
The Federal Court has ordered a tribunal to reconsider whether an injured worker's employment contributed to his substance abuse "to a material degree".
An employer has been ordered to pay a worker more than $3.8 million in damages for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after one of his colleagues attempted to murder him by throwing him over a fourth-floor balcony.
A worker has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after a tribunal found his employer suspended him based on the mistaken belief that he had been charged with necrophilia.
A Victorian employer that directed an incompetent truck driver to conduct a hazardous unloading task has been ordered to pay the "lion's share" of another worker's $1.3 million damages bill.
An HR manager acted unreasonably in failing to gauge whether a worker was able to continue with a surprise two-hour meeting, during which the worker was bombarded with allegations of bullying and harassment, the ACT Supreme Court has found.
The Victorian Magistrates Court has rejected a manager's claim that his psychological injury arose from being overworked and bullied by managers, finding he sustained it after he was suspended for abusing colleagues.
A worker who claims her supervisor directed her to accompany him alone in his work vehicle, before taking her to a caravan park "to party", has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychiatric injury.
