In another case involving an employer's response to a worker's return-to-work requests, the Fair Work Commission has found an injured worker wasn't forced to resign when her employer ignored her demand for a meeting.
A full Federal Court has relied on a recent High Court decision in finding that administrative-action exclusions for psychological injury claims only apply if the injury would not have occurred without the action.
An employer has been ordered to pay a dismissed worker nearly $8000 for unreasonably ignoring his doctor's plan to conduct a case conference on his condition.
Employers will be able to conduct mental health checks on their business and identify support programs to suit their needs, under a $50 million initiative launched in Victoria today.
In a rare case, the Fair Work Commission has issued interim anti-bullying orders preventing an employer from finalising a misconduct investigation on an incapacitated worker, who claims the investigation constitutes repeated unreasonable conduct.
Proactively targeting psychosocial risk is a far more efficient workplace injury-prevention strategy than focusing on "downstream factors" like "emotional exhaustion once manifested", an Australian study has found.
An injured worker's post-traumatic stress disorder should have been "ignored" when determining whether he was entitled to damages, a superior court has found on appeal.
Providing staff with peer support and mentoring increases engagement and improves safety, a mental health organisation has claimed on the back of a report raising concerns about declining support networks.
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been linked to respiratory symptoms persisting in first-responders, workers and community members exposed to dust and fumes during the September 11 World Trade Centre terrorist attacks nearly 16 years ago.
