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A chair wholesaler has been ordered to pay more than $930,000 to an injured worker, whose chair collapsed beneath her, and $442,000 to her employer to cover its workers' comp bill.

The Fair Work Commission has found that a bus driver who claimed he injured his ankle at a depot was fairly dismissed, after CCTV footage showed him limping into the depot at the time of the alleged incident.

A worker who claimed he satisfied the requirement, under workers' comp laws, to notify the "relevant authority" of an injury as soon as possible by providing medical certificates to his employer, has been denied compensation in the AAT.

Vexatious workers' comp litigant blocked by High Court; Workers rally on anniversary of offshore deaths; and Queensland worker killed by bi-fold workshop door.

A principal contractor, which failed to ensure a safety warning was conveyed to all site visitors, has been found vicariously liable for an employee's carelessness.

A NSW employer has successfully appealed a decision to allow a hospital security guard - who was accused of assaulting a patient - workers' compensation for PTSD, after the Court of Appeal found its disciplinary action was reasonable.

The colleagues of a Victorian worker who was struck in the head - in a prank gone wrong - sought to conceal the incident to protect their safety bonuses, a judge has found in granting the worker leave to sue his employer for damages.

The Telstra employee who was awarded workers' compensation after she fell down a set of stairs while working from home - twice - has won her bid for ongoing compensation for a psych injury.

A health and safety rep, who was accused of repeatedly pushing an office door into his manager, was fairly dismissed, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in finding the manager had no reason to lie about the incident.

The Victorian Supreme Court has quashed another WorkCover medical panel decision, after it found the panel relied on just one of numerous medical reports on an injured worker in determining he was fit for work.