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In a decision described by the High Court as ironic, a Victorian worker's claim that a WorkCover medical panel failed to give adequate reasons for its assessment of his degenerative condition has been rejected.
A NSW worker whose permanent injuries arose from taking medication - prescribed by an employer-appointed doctor - is entitled to workers' compensation, the Court of Appeal has found.
A casual employee with a long-term work-related injury should be paid long service leave for 20 years of service, rather than 35 minutes worth of wages, a full Industrial Court in South Australia has confirmed.
A Queensland worker who was seriously injured when a ladder he stepped on broke - immediately after it was inspected and deemed safe - has lost his appeal for $1.1 million in damages.
The High Court has found that a Commonwealth employee who was injured while having s-x in her motel room on a work trip is not entitled to workers' compensation, effectively narrowing the application of the Hatzimanolis test for work-interval injuries.
A Telstra worker who spent 18 months sitting on uncomfortable chairs, before her employer finally provided her with an ergonomically suitable one, has been awarded workers' compensation. Also in this article, a Queensland worker has failed to prove a manual lift caused his heart attack.
A Victorian employer, which neglected to inspect cables before an electrical contractor was injured while working on them, is not required to cover WorkCover's payments to the contractor, the Supreme Court has ruled.
An employer that sacked a worker, because it believed he was a workers' comp "predator" who was likely to deliberately injure himself, has been ordered to pay the man compensation.
The mother of a catastrophically injured Tasmanian worker, who was assessed as having a 70 per cent whole person impairment after being diagnosed as being in a "vegetative state", has been awarded nearly $290,000 in workers' compensation on behalf of her daughter.
