Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (ACT)


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Worker injured by HR manager's unreasonable meeting

An HR manager acted unreasonably in failing to gauge whether a worker was able to continue with a surprise two-hour meeting, during which the worker was bombarded with allegations of bullying and harassment, the ACT Supreme Court has found.



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Employee "usually" worked in both ACT and NSW

An injured worker - who spent 90 per cent of his working time in the ACT and the rest in NSW - didn't "usually" work in the Territory, and wasn't entitled to workers' compensation under its laws, a superior court has ruled.


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Injured worker awarded $1.4m after 105kg lift

An ACT company director was reluctant to tell older workers how to use ramps to lift heavy objects because he thought he "would not have been well liked" if he did so, the Supreme Court has found in ordering the company to pay an injured worker $1.4 million in damages.


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