A worker suffered psychological injuries from bored colleagues targeting her to "pass the time", according to a judgment that also condemns a major employer for traumatising the vulnerable worker in a liability "witch hunt".
A commission has rejected a worker's claim that her superior expected her to work up to 60 hours a week and bullied her through excessive work requirements.
An employer has been fined after failures in its communication protocols led to a client assaulting a worker, who should have been told the client had a history of inappropriate behaviour.
Special protections for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder are among the "urgent worker safety measures", in the Federal Government's Closing Loopholes Bill, which two crossbench senators are attempting to fast-track through four separate pieces of legislation.
A court has thrown out a worker's claim that an employer negligently exposed her to workplace bullying, finding some of the alleged acts of bullying involved efforts to maintain safety standards and enforce lawful directions.
An employer that failed to carry out a "diligent investigation" into serious allegations against a worker has been found liable for his psychological injury.
Workers are at high risk of developing long-term mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression when exposed to trauma, morally injurious events and institutional betrayal, which often involves organisational inaction, a study has found.
A worker has been awarded permanent impairment compensation for his psychological injury, after a tribunal accepted he was unlikely to benefit from further rehabilitative treatment due to his personality and mindset.
The "power of silence" is vital to conversations around mental health at work, which shouldn't be about telling workers that "it's all going to get better", but helping them build agency to take the next steps in seeking help, a senior workplace counsellor says.
