Comcare has been accused of denying justice to victims of abuse at offshore processing centres by allowing the limitation period for WHS prosecutions to lapse, but the regulator has reiterated its claim, from the recent parliamentary inquiry into the matter, that the limitation period hasn't started yet.
Employers need to scrap the "one size fits all" approach to workplace health and safety issues and take gender differences into account, a new UK guide says.
An employer has been ordered to pay a worker $11,000 for unfairly dismissing her for intervening in a potentially violent argument between her nephew, who was also her managing director, and her niece.
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been linked to respiratory symptoms persisting in first-responders, workers and community members exposed to dust and fumes during the September 11 World Trade Centre terrorist attacks nearly 16 years ago.
Optus has successfully appealed against a $3.9 million judgment for a labour-hire worker, who developed chronic post-traumatic stress disorder after a co-worker attempted to murder him.
A worker who acted in an "unnecessarily aggressive manner" after a drunk hotel patron bumped him at a work function, has been denied permission to pursue his unfair dismissal case.
An employer did not have a duty to protect the psychological health of a worker from investigation letters blaming her for a physical altercation that left her with injuries, an appeal court has confirmed.
