A major employer's employee assistance program has improved productivity and reduced absences, but few workers are willing to report alcohol problems to the program, a study has found.
A disciplinary meeting doesn't need to be undertaken perfectly to be considered reasonable administrative action, a tribunal has found in rejecting a worker's psychological injury claim.
A worker isn't entitled to a lump sum workers' compensation payment for a psychiatric injury because she previously received damages under anti-discrimination laws, a commission has found.
A worker who felt she was unfairly denied workers' compensation was given the false impression that her alternative anti-discrimination claim could succeed, a tribunal has found.
A worker has unsuccessfully argued, on appeal to the Federal Court, that her psychiatric injury arose from "operational" rather than "administrative" action.
Two managers treated a worker unfairly, and caused her psychiatric condition, because they were frustrated by her slow recovery from a finger injury, a tribunal has found.
A worker's psychiatric injury arose out of reasonable management action carried out in an unreasonable and "extreme" manner, a commission has found in upholding his compensation claim.
The incident-notification provisions of the WHS Act must be amended to ensure Comcare investigates all deaths and other serious incidents in immigration detention facilities, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance.
A worker has been denied workers' compensation after a court found her psychiatric injury was partly caused by a poor performance review, even after accepting that the other contributing factors included possible bullying.
