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Work is "the last great hurdle left in mental health in Australia", with many employers more likely to discipline than help employees with a mental illness, according to former NSW Opposition leader John Brogden, who yesterday spoke openly about his suicide attempt.

A Commonwealth worker who felt she was set up for a "sadistic prank", when she was short-listed for a promotion, has failed in her bid for workers' compensation, after a full Federal Court found her employer's recruitment and selection policy was "flexible".

A study of nearly 368,000 workers has found that injured workers are 43 per cent more likely to be treated for depression than their non-injured counterparts.

A Commonwealth worker's failure to obtain a Brisbane posting - which he believed he'd been promised - was largely to blame for his psychological injury, the AAT has found in rejecting his compensation claim.

A worker who developed chronic back pain and depression after lifting a box at work - without bending her knees - has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages in the ACT Supreme Court.

A former Australian Taxation Office employee, who posted 28 letter bombs and was then jailed for nearly a decade, has won his 20-year battle for workers' compensation.

Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.

An employer that "responded swiftly" to a worker's complaint of s-xual harassment by a manager was not vicariously liable for the manager's actions, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.

A Commonwealth employee who was punched by a co-worker during a coffee break has had his arm-injury claim rejected, after the AAT found the break was not part of his employment.

OHS shortcuts reduce business saleability, lawyers warn; Two more model Codes of Practice take effect; and Funds injected into workplace suicide-prevention program.