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A teacher threatened with violence on multiple occasions has won an injury compensation dispute, with a commission stressing, in a scathing judgment, that her claims should never have been contested by authorities.

The suicide rate among Australia's mining workers is higher than most others and appears to be increasing, according to Melbourne researchers, who identify the likely reasons for this, and call for companies and their owners to do more to protect the individuals who have "produced and supported their wealth".

Occupational stress, unclean workplace toilets and prioritising tasks over fluid intake are putting female workers at risk of debilitating symptoms, a major study has found.

Workplace mental health services that only step in when a worker reaches crisis point fail to capture the many others who desperately need support. This major pitfall is contributing to the poor uptake of employee assistance programs, a senior WHS industry expert says.

A worker injured by s-xual harassment has won her appeal against her low damages award of $10,000, with a superior court describing the amount as "derisory" in an important decision on what constitutes serious harassment.

Organisations need to do much more to help their employees balance work and family responsibilities to avoid burnout, both during and outside of times of crisis or emergency, researchers have found.

An employer's efforts to address a worker's "unattainable" workload might have come too late, but the woman's psychological injury was barred from compensation, an appeals court has ruled, finding a previous decision applied the wrong reasonable management action test.

A global biopharma company has reduced repetitive strain injuries at an Australian site by 95 per cent, after implementing steps - under a broader comprehensive program - to mitigate the psychosocial risk factors from a repetitive task.

A worker has failed in his bid for compensation for stress and anxiety injuries, with a tribunal finding his employer's repeated enquiries about his travel expenses were "reasonable administrative actions", regardless of whether they upset the worker.

Most workers who seek help for issues associated with organisational change suffer from a string of other conditions ranging from stress to acute mental health issues, highlighting the need for cautious change management, according to a trends report.