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A dysfunctional working relationship did not involve bullying exposing a worker to safety risks, a commission has found in rejecting the worker's bid for stop-bullying orders.

An employer breached its duty of care by failing to protect a worker from recrimination after he "dobbed" on a supervisor who assaulted him, a court has found, noting the employer's own policies foresaw the risk of psychological injury in such circumstances.

A worker who was sacked after using both self-defence and unnecessary force to restrain a violent client has been awarded compensation, with a commission finding he wasn't alerted to an internal appeals process prior to his dismissal.

A large employer has been ordered to reinstate an injured worker who it sacked for allegedly failing to comply with a lawful instruction to attend an independent medical examination (IME) through his alleged "aggressive behaviour" at the appointment.

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.

Many workers are subjected to threatened or actual physical violence on the job, and failing to provide them with long-term social support at work can negate the impact of immediate interventions, dramatically increasing their risk of depression and other disorders, European researchers have found.

The new paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave entitlements, commencing today, will encourage employers to act on their responsibilities to victims, create safer working environments for many employees and save lives, according to unions and an expert in the field.

A worker with anger management issues breached his safety obligations when he threatened to cut a co-worker's throat, but a number of factors meant the employment relationship remained viable, a commission has found.

A ruling that a worker's knife-attack injuries weren't compensable, because of a possible drug-dealing connection, has been revoked for misapplying the "course of employment" test and considering "irrelevant matters".

A PCBU failed to take straightforward measures that would have protected a worker from being attacked by a client known to be violent, a tribunal has found in convicting the duty holder.