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WED

3:03PM

"Unreliable" injured worker ordered to repay $25k

An injured worker has been ordered to repay her employer $25,000 in workers' comp benefits, after the Northern Territory Magistrates Court found her injury wasn't caused by a manual handling incident.

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TUE

12:37PM

Work-related sports claim blocked in WRC Tribunal

A worker injured in a corporate sporting event will have to fight for workers' compensation, after the Tasmanian WRCT found there was no evidence his employer directed him to participate.

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FRI

12:25PM

Forklift fine quadrupled on appeal

A Victorian employer's OHS fine has been quadrupled on appeal, in one of three recent forklift-related prosecutions in the State.

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THU

12:40PM

Injured worker entitled to second lump sum payment despite 2012 amendments

An injured NSW worker has been given the green light to pursue a second lump sum payment, with a WCC Deputy President finding his claim wasn't affected by the 2012 workers' comp overhaul or a related High Court decision.

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TUE

11:12AM

Worker challenges RTW decision from 20 years ago

A former Commonwealth employee's 20-year battle for bullying-related workers' compensation has hit another stumbling block, with the Federal Court rejecting her claim that her return-to-work plan was closed illegally in 1993.

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MON

12:03PM

Worker 'ambushed' and injured after complaint

A worker's stress injury is compensable because it arose from an unreasonable "surprise attack" performance meeting, a judge has confirmed in rejecting an employer's appeal.

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FRI

11:34AM

Injured man wasn't a "worker" when working for friend

A man who fractured his neck and spine while performing a job for a friend's company wasn't a "worker" at the time of the incident and isn't entitled to workers' compensation, the Tasmanian WRCT has found.

THU

2:00PM

Back injury didn't 'shift' to degenerative condition

A worker has successfully argued that it was impossible to prove his back injury had "shifted" from being work-related to a degenerative condition.

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MON

3:20PM

Confined-space death caused witness's PTSD

A Victorian worker, who developed PTSD after he saw a man die from gas exposure in a confined space, has been granted leave to seek damages for pain and suffering from his employer.

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FRI

12:17PM

Schizophrenia caused by hand injury, but not foreseeable

An employer will not have to pay $1.6 million in damages to a worker whose schizophrenia and diabetes were caused by a minor hand injury, after the South Australian District Court found it couldn't have foreseen the worker wasn't a "person of normal fortitude".

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