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.
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.
A worker accused of serious safety breaches was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, because he was not "solely responsible" for an incident that left a colleague injured.
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.
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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.
A NSW employer and its sole director have been fined a total of nearly $290,000, for engaging in sham contracting and undermining safety by failing to pay workers for "waiting time".
A call centre operator, who smokes and has a history of respiratory tract infections, has been denied workers' compensation for a voice disorder, after the AAT found her job didn't contribute to her condition to "a degree that is substantially more than material".
