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

A team leader who claimed his psychiatric injury was caused by being bullied by his supervisor has been denied workers' compensation, after the AAT found the supervisor's actions "simply did not fit" the dictionary definition of bullying.

A worker who was required to meet with her manager after taking 21 weeks' leave in 15 months, and pretending her grandmother had died, has been denied workers' compensation for a psychological injury.

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.

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

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.

A workers' comp claim made by a NSW worker, who was seriously injured at a private party at her new employer's premises, wasn't strengthened by the recent motel s-x case, the High Court has ruled.

A young Queensland worker who suffered back injuries in a dump truck incident, and then aggravated those injuries in another truck incident during her second day in alternative duties, has been awarded $1.4 million in damages.

A worker who claims he has been in constant pain since he sustained work-related injuries in the 1980s, despite not mentioning any pain to doctors until 10 years ago, has been denied workers' compensation.

Injured workers' weekly compensation can only be recalculated and reduced based on their superannuation entitlements if they have actually received those benefits, a full Federal Court has confirmed.