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A subcontractor who injured his back while conducting an awkward lift has been awarded more than $820,000 in damages, after the ACT Supreme Court found an employer failed to check the size and weight of the item being lifted before the task was undertaken.
A WorkCover medical panel fell into error when it found a worker's fantasies about murdering colleagues were symptoms of a pre-existing personality disorder, and not work-related, the Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in quashing the panel's assessment.
S-xual harassment and bullying were "mere" rather than "material" contributing factors to a worker's psychological condition, the AAT has found in rejecting her workers' comp claim.
An employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker it sacked after learning he had paranoid schizophrenia, with the Fair Work Commission finding it "ignored" the advice of its psychiatrist.
An employer that sacked a worker with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, who refused to undertake a competency assessment because he was ill, has been ordered to pay him $100,000 in fines and compensation.
A Queensland employer that failed to provide the right tools for a basic maintenance task has been ordered to pay a worker $552,000 in damages, after he sustained ankle and knee injuries.
Injured workers should follow their treating doctor's advice, and not the recommendations of a WorkCover medical panel, if the two opinions vary, a South Australian judge has ruled in a workers' comp dispute.
A worker who fails to wear PPE or properly isolate plant should face disciplinary action, but shouldn't be dismissed if the failures don't create an imminent safety risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A Queensland employer that claimed instructing workers on how to handle "obviously" sharp objects would have created a culture of information overload, decreasing efficiency, has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $150,000 in damages.
An employer acted reasonably in giving a worker two days' notice to attend a counselling session following a bullying complaint, the AAT has found in rejecting the worker's psychological injury claim.
