An employer that relied on its OHS manager's "unqualified medical opinion" of an injured worker's capacity has been ordered by a judge to find him suitable employment within the organisation.
A major Australian employer has, through a new coaching program, created a workplace environment where employees feel they can raise sensitive mental health issues with line managers.
European researchers have identified a link between disturbed sleep and the onset of radiating low back pain, and urge employers to provide workers with advice on how to get adequate sleep.
Employers have little to fear from the Fair Work Commission's new anti-bullying jurisdiction, with a "high number" of the applications received so far being resolved quickly and helping companies improve their HR practices, a conference has heard.
A Qantas employee who failed to change her notorious drinking habits was fairly sacked for turning up to an airport drunk, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Injured workers are "ill-prepared for the emotional experience" of the workers' comp system, and should be provided with peer support, a new report says.
A man who defamed and psychologically injured a co-worker, by sending an inappropriate email to thousands of employees, has been ordered to pay the co-worker $75,000 in damages.
Workers running the drug-testing gauntlet, survey reveals; Being crushed a leading cause of work deaths; Comcare tops RTW scorecard; and Presumptive cancer compensation promised for NT firefighters.
A business owner who sacked an injured worker because she was on leave when he sold his business has been ordered to pay her nearly $19,000 in compensation.
The Northern Territory is likely to become the next jurisdiction to introduce UK-style "fit notes" for injured workers, under one of 58 recommendations for change to its workers' comp scheme.
