A worker has been awarded workers' compensation for a mosquito-borne disease, after a tribunal found her employer induced her to stay in the shoddy accommodation where she was bitten by the insects.
Australian employers are being urged to review their social media policies for customer feedback, after a Canadian judge found the Toronto Transit Commission failed to protect employees from abusive tweets.
A worker has been refused lump sum compensation for a psychiatric injury, after a commission rejected her claim that her employer failed to take into account her vulnerable mental state when performance managing her.
Comcare breached privacy laws in disclosing details of a man's workers' compensation claims to his previous employer and an insurance company, a commissioner has found.
Workers with psychopathic traits are common in the "upper echelons of the corporate world" and have a toxic impact on co-workers, emphasising the need for employers to undertake psychological screening, according to a forensic psychologist.
An Ombudsman's report on the "devastating" impact of the Safe Rates payment order, which was scrapped after just 13 days of operation but allegedly caused suicides, is filled with anecdotal evidence from a "small number" of truck drivers, and includes no empirical data.
Achieving return on investment in workplace mental health initiatives hinges both on implementing programs and proactively ensuring employees participate in them, according to a MinterEllison report.
