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In a much anticipated decision involving a Commonwealth employee who was injured while having s-x in a motel room, the Federal Court has found her employer did not prohibit such activity and the incident had not interrupted a period of work.

Unsafe employer fined for abusing off-duty WorkCover inspector; Farmer's death highlights need to maintain and operate machinery to standard; and Employee deserved right of reply to "negative" survey results.

Ambulance Victoria's claim that it would not be in the public interest to reinstate an ambulance driver, who became dependent on methadone after a work injury, has been rejected by a Fair Work Australia full bench.

A teleconference that a Commonwealth Bank manager blamed for his suicide attempt cannot be categorised as "administrative action", whether unreasonable or otherwise, a full Federal Court has ruled in upholding his compensation claim.

"Explicit" OHS commitment needed for Government tenders; Workplace cultures improved with suicide-prevention strategies; and Q-COMP and WorkSafe ACT awards open today.

A Queensland employer that asked an unwitting worker about her s-x life during an internal inquiry has provided a valuable lesson on how not to manage a misconduct investigation.

A workplace armed-robbery victim with post-traumatic stress disorder has told Fair Work Australia she felt harassed and victimised by her employer, who complained of having to "babysit" her.

A former Telstra technician who had nightmares after helping two strangers escape from a man wielding a knife, and who was later targeted by an "unreasonable" team leader, has been awarded compensation.

Fair Work Australia has dismissed an engineer's beard-related unfair dismissal claim after it found it was not unusual or unlawful to require employees to modify their appearance for OHS reasons. Also in this article, a Victorian worker who injured his back eight years ago has been granted leave to seek damages for a mental disorder.

A worker who initiated dozens of court actions relating to injuries and other issues against his former employer, Mitsubishi Motors, has failed in his appeal against Federal Court orders declaring him a vexatious litigant.