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A study of a new metric and nearly 5000 Australian workers has found OHS leading indicators are associated with greater "safety motivation" and fewer incidents.

An employer has avoided liability for a workplace injury arising from assault. A tribunal found that while the employer became aware of the incident minutes after it occurred, the injured worker failed to give notice as soon as practicable.

The Federal Court has rejected an injured worker's claim that his employer took adverse action against him by exposing him to a manager's abusive "dressing down" and failing to offer him a return-to-work plan.

The CFMEU says it has reversed its opposition to workplace drug tests because of the growing use of methamphetamines and the erratic behaviour of addicts. Meanwhile, a business leader says "inconsistent" FWC decisions on drug testing show that the Fair Work Act should be harmonised with safety laws.

An employer has been ordered to pay a worker more than $3.8 million in damages for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after one of his colleagues attempted to murder him by throwing him over a fourth-floor balcony.

The Federal Circuit Court has rejected a worker's claim that she was sacked for asking not to work with a colleague who made her feel unsafe, ruling she was dismissed for assaulting the co-worker on the job a year earlier.

The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for sacking a worker following an HR manager's "fundamentally flawed" investigation into an alleged assault, but agreed that a workplace "code of silence" hindered the process.

A psychologically injured worker, whose 'messy' diagnosis made it difficult to attribute his impairment to a particular event, has been awarded lump sum compensation.

• Employer entitled to sack "strange", aggressive worker;
  
• Victoria commits to "presumptive" compensation after years of pressure; and
  
• Alerts issued after trailer death and heat-stress incident.

Australian researchers have found that while medical practitioners are regularly exposed to aggression from "external sources", bullying or abuse from co-workers has the greatest impact on their health and job satisfaction.