A worker who suffered a psychiatric injury after she was removed from higher duties has been denied workers' compensation in the AAT. Also in this article, the Tribunal has found a bus driver who aggravated a back injury when he drove over a bump in the road is entitled to compensation.
A worker who was repeatedly s-xually harassed by her manager, before being sacked for complaining about it and suffering a psychiatric illness, has been awarded $100,000 in damages.
A worker who claims he was injured during a functional assessment under a return-to-work plan has failed to obtain compensation from his former employer, but the AAT notes that former employers can be found liable in such circumstances.
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.
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.
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.
