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Employers can prevent burnout and long-term absences by meeting with workers regularly to discuss their work-life balance needs, say German researchers.

A Queensland union employee has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury, after the Industrial Relations Commission found her manager humiliated her in front of colleagues during a meeting.

An injured ACT worker, who was prosecuted for misusing a company travel card and claimed the process caused her stress, has failed to regain her workers' compensation benefits.

A female Queensland worker, who suffered a psychological injury after using shared toilet facilities, has had her compensation appeal dismissed in the Industrial Court. Also in this article, two employers have been fined for guarding and emergency-rescue breaches.

An Australian Taxation Office team leader, who claimed her managers did nothing when she complained of being bullied and harassed by a co-worker, has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury.

"General" OHS policy results in crush injury and $56k fine; and Psychological injury caused by "abrasive" supervisor.

A Queensland worker who claimed a co-worker bullied her and made threats against women has had her workers' compensation claim dismissed, after the IRC found it was her perception of the co-worker, and not his actions, that caused her psychological injury.

"Underperformance" meetings that triggered injury unreasonable; and Previous compensable injuries caused work-related fall.

Employers that create and maintain a "mentally healthy" workplace by educating staff on the impact of mental illness will improve the productivity of their workers, a new national report says.

In a case involving WorkCover SA's controversial medical panel process, a WCT full bench has awarded ongoing compensation to a worker who sustained a psychological injury nearly seven years ago.