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A spate of work-related suicides and rising stress rates have prompted the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and other international bodies, to call on employers to continue investing heavily in OHS, for both ethical and economic reasons.

Employer with proper procedures cleared in harassment case; and Employer discriminated against physical disability and pregnancy.

A Queensland employer took reasonable management action in showing care and concern to a female worker who was injured while using shared toilet facilities, the IRC has found in dismissing the worker's damages claim.

A legal advisor has won compensation for a psych injury after the AAT found a negative "mid-year review" did not fall within the meaning of "administrative action". Also in this article, a worker has been denied compensation for a psych injury after a performance meeting was found to be reasonable.

Workplace game ends in injury and $260k damages bill; Employer fined for spraying asbestos onto houses and yards; and Asbestos guide for commercial buildings released.

Employees must not "stand by and do nothing" when they see something that places others at risk, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed after a "practical joke" left a worker with serious physical and psychological injuries.

Secure employment and improved working conditions are key to reducing the staggering impact that mental illness among young men has on workplace productivity, a new report suggests. Also in this article, workers are being urged to "butt out" for World No Tobacco Day today.

The Federal Government will consider developing national legislation, similar to Victoria's Brodie's law, during a parliamentary inquiry into the "scourge" of workplace bullying.

Comcare has filed an appeal against the Federal Court's finding that a Commonwealth employee, who was injured while having s-x in a motel room on a business trip, was entitled to workers' compensation.

A RailCorp manager who won about $100,000 at Australian and overseas poker tournaments while on sick leave was rightly sacked, a tribunal has found in dismissing, as "problematic", his claim that the "adrenalin" of poker improved his psychological health.