Employers have a duty of care to consider blocking workers from undertaking risks, even where a worker's professional judgement is that the risk is "worth running" and they have the necessary expertise, an appeals court has found in upholding a $1.5 damages award.
A worker has been granted special leave to appeal to the High Court against a ruling that her employer didn't have a duty to protect her psychological health from investigation letters blaming her for a violent altercation and threatening her employment.
A worker sacked for taking photographs of safety breaches was unfairly denied the opportunity to make submissions, to the Fair Work Commission, on a psychologist's report purportedly explaining his conduct, an FWC full bench has found. Meanwhile, the full bench has rejected an appeal from a worker who sent a divisive email to 170 people.
Employers must clearly set out the circumstances in which OHS procedures apply, a Fair Work Commission full bench has stressed in upholding an appeal from a worker who was sacked after an attempted robbery. Meanwhile, a second entity has been fined over a worker's five-metre fall through a skylight.
An employer unfairly sacked an injured worker for breaching his return-to-work obligations by playing golf during annual leave, a commission has ruled. Meanwhile, a casino security guard has been denied reinstatement after a brawl with a patron.
A worker who claimed his supervisor held a gun to his chest, and repeatedly bullied him for being "too old" to return to work after being injured, has been awarded workers' compensation.
A NSW inquiry has made 47 recommendations for improving the health and safety of emergency services workers, but rejected calls to extend mandatory minimum penalties for assaults on workers, or fully endorse compulsory disease testing of assailants.
A worker has been granted permission to pursue her unfair dismissal claim 164 days late because of three factors, including her poor mental health and anti-bullying application.
