An employer should have thoroughly investigated an injured worker's allegations of bullying before dismissing her for being unable to perform the inherent requirements of her job, a Fair Work Commissioner says.
A PCBU cannot block union entry while conducting its own investigation into possible WHS breaches, or require permit holders to give 24 hours' notice before viewing related documents, a commissioner has ruled in a bullying dispute.
An employer has been found vicariously liable for a s-xual assault on a worker, and ordered to pay part of her $313,316 damages award, after a tribunal rejected its claim that it could not have prevented the incident.
A commission has upheld a $750,000 death-benefits award, after finding a worker unintentionally consumed a lethal mix of medication and alcohol to cope with a workplace injury.
A worker has failed to convince a superior court that a workers' compensation medical panel denied him procedural fairness by focusing on his cannabis use.
An employer unfairly sacked a worker, who left work abruptly while suffering a panic attack, by misinterpreting his conduct as an intention to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A worker who fell out with a colleague on an overseas holiday, before sustaining a psychiatric injury, has been awarded workers' compensation, after a tribunal found the original cause of the conflict was irrelevant.
Men working in male-dominated workforces are at increased risk of depression, but tailored interventions can improve their mental health literacy, remove stigma and encourage them to seek help, Australian researchers say.
A man with borderline personality disorder has been allowed to pursue his direct discrimination claim against an employer that rejected his job application.
