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A worker has unsuccessfully challenged the outcomes of his return-to-work grievances, with a commission finding there was no evidence he was provided an unsafe workplace or his employer should have launched an investigation into his bullying and harassment complaints.

A worker who sustained a psychological injury, after her employer started monitoring her work schedule, has won her bid for compensation, with a commission finding the actions of her team leader didn't constitute a "performance appraisal" invoking the reasonable-action defence.

One of Australia's big four banks has been censured for concluding, without going through the proper channels, that an employee's workers' comp claim linked to alleged "unachievable work pressures" is invalid.

In a long-running case that has gone to an appeals court twice, and examines the intentions of legislative amendments, an employer has failed to prove an injured worker was not connected with a jurisdiction with relatively generous common law rights.

A worker has proved her post-traumatic stress disorder was caused by traumatic incidents throughout her lengthy employment, with a commission rejecting her employer's claim her injury resulted from reasonable action taken after she refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The fact that an employer was capable of charging clients for a worker's travel time was one of five "connections" establishing a link between the worker's injury-causing journey and his employment, a judge has ruled.

A worker who aggravated his osteoarthritis, which led to a secondary knee condition, has been awarded compensation for both injuries, with a tribunal rejecting his employer's claim it isn't liable because the worker experienced pain for more than a year before he disclosed it.

A court has affirmed that lump sum death benefits must be paid to the wife of a killed worker, rejecting the employer's claim the couple had been separated for two years and she was no longer dependent on his income.

An employer is liable for a fatal heart attack a worker suffered in a hotel gym on an overseas work trip, because its WHS and fitness-for-work policy implicitly encouraged him to exercise to counter stress and fatigue, a tribunal has confirmed on remittal.

A court has ordered two companies to pay more than $1.6 million in damages to a labour-hire worker, who was injured performing a "mundane" task that was unsafe because it "included a tripping hazard as an integral part of its operation".