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Australian researchers have identified five "classes" of workplace bullying experiences that affect absenteeism, including subtle but pervasive forms of negative behaviour, and explained how employers can prevent conflict from escalating.

A worker who accused his managers of engaging in a "witch hunt" on him has been denied compensation for a psychiatric injury, after a commission found he wrongly perceived reasonable supervision as micromanagement.

An appeals court has quashed a PTSD victim's $450,000 workplace damages award, after finding an earlier judgment failed to apply the "but for" test of causation.

A judgment for a psychologically injured worker has sent an important reminder to employers that reasonable administrative action like a counselling meeting must be conducted reasonably.

A former company director, who started self-medicating with alcohol to deal with the stress of employees "rorting" the workers' comp system, has been awarded compensation for brain damage and other injuries.

A worker who claimed his psychological injury arose from his employer unreasonably requiring him to reapply for his managerial role, and then rejecting his application, has been refused workers' compensation.

• SWA reforms enable international collaboration;
  
• Qld promotes new Wiring Rules and issues fatality alert; and
  
• Anti-violence Bill defeated in Tas, but PTSD laws flagged.

A worker has been granted permission to sue her employer for her bullying-related psychological disorder, despite numerous stressful events in her personal life contributing to her condition. Meanwhile, an employer has failed to convince a commission that previous investigations showed a worker's anti-bullying application was vexatious.

CEOs are being urged to invest heavily in employee mental wellbeing, after a "world-first" psychological safety survey found that many workers believe their mistakes are "held against" them.

The Federal Court has ordered a tribunal to re-determine a psychologically injured employee's compensation claim, in the latest of a series of cases involving the incorrect application of the administrative-action test.