A worker who was retrenched, shortly after returning to work after a back injury, suffered stress and sadness from losing his job, but not a compensable psych injury, a commissioner has found.
A worker who hurt her back at the Prime Minister's Lodge in Canberra five years ago continues to suffer from the injury, but an AAT finding that her pain contributed significantly to her psychological disorder was "infected by legal error", the Federal Court has ruled.
An employer has been ordered to pay a worker $1.3 million in damages for PTSD and bipolar disorder, after she was repeatedly s-xually harassed and a colleague threatened to rape her.
A major employer has failed to overturn a finding that an injured worker's health assessment should only apply to his current restricted role. In another case, a commissioner has found a worker was unfairly sacked after threatening to "go postal".
The median length of a mental-disorder-related workers' comp claim in Australia's worst performing occupational group is nearly 46 weeks - more than double the average length of the second worst performer, according to a new Safe Work Australia report.
Victoria Police can start overcoming its notorious s-xist organisational culture, which includes cases of rape, by publicly acknowledging harm to employees and establishing a "redress scheme", according to an independent review of the organisation.
Employers should introduce mandatory return-to-work plans for those who take sick leave for a mental illness, a new report recommends, after finding suitable sickness absence and return-to-work management for Australian workers is "sorely lacking".
A tribunal was wrong to find a worker's psychological injury was caused by a reasonable decision not to promote her, a Federal Court full bench has found in upholding the worker's appeal.
