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MON

2:32PM

Work-related skin cancer claim lodged outside time limit

The estate of a deceased worker who suffered from work-related skin cancer isn't entitled to workers' compensation, because the man didn't lodge his claim until four years after his "diagnosis", the Queensland Industrial Court has found.

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FRI

3:57PM

Amputee worker denied treadmill costs

A worker who became obese after his right leg was amputated as a result of a work-related truck accident isn't entitled to the costs of a treadmill, a tribunal has "reluctantly" ruled.

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THU

3:11PM

Chronic fatigue aggravated by reasonable management

A worker whose chronic fatigue syndrome was aggravated by the stress of a new role has been denied workers' compensation.

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WED

12:47PM

Widow awarded $320k after work suicide theory rejected

An employer has been ordered to pay the widow of a worker who died when he was immersed in molten metal nearly $320,000 in compensation, after the NSW WCC rejected its claim that the worker committed suicide.

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MON

3:22PM

Employer exonerated in promotion-breakdown case

A Victorian employer was entitled to assume a worker was capable of performing a managerial role without sustaining a stress-related psych injury, the Court of Appeal has ruled in dismissing the worker's damages claim.

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WED

1:29PM

Fatal cardiac arrest caused by 1992 shoulder injury

A deceased worker's cardiac arrest resulted from a shoulder dislocation he sustained at work 19 years earlier, the NSW WCC has ruled, in awarding his family $465,100 in lump sum death benefits.

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TUE

3:57PM

Workplace bullying complaints went unheeded

An employer that ignored a worker's "clear signs of distress", and then told her she had to return to a role where managers bullied her, has been found liable for her psychological injury.

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THU

12:04PM

Patron injured at violent work function, awarded $1.4m

A Queensland employer, whose barman hit a customer in the head during an unruly work Christmas party, has lost its appeal against a $1.4 million damages ruling, after the Court of Appeal found the barman acted in the employer's interests.

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MON

3:30PM

Safety at mine beyond labour-hire company's control

A labour-hire company has escaped a $710,000 damages bill, after the Western Australian District Court found it had no control over one of its employees who allegedly caused another worker's injuries.

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MON

1:03PM

Unsafe employer and fraudster fined; and more

Unsafe employer and workers' comp fraudster fined in Victoria; and Essential safety news from eight jurisdictions.

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