A truck driver, whose workers' comp payments were suspended when he refused to undertake a RTW program, has had his appeal dismissed in the AAT. Also in this article, a Telstra team leader who took 154 sick leave days has lost her bid for workers' compensation.
Employers must ensure all elements of a workers' comp claim are considered and communicated to the injured worker, or risk facing litigation, a Federal Court decision has shown.
A Commonwealth employee, who was injured while having intercourse in her motel room on a work trip, wasn't guilty of "gross misconduct", and was therefore entitled to workers' compensation, a full Federal Court has ruled in dismissing a Comcare appeal.
An Australian Taxation Office team leader, who claimed her managers did nothing when she complained of being bullied and harassed by a co-worker, has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury.
An injured Western Australian worker, who received $250,000 in an out-of-court settlement with his employer, has been given the green light to sue a second company, after a High Court majority found the settlement didn't "amount to an award of damages".
An Australia Post employee, who was on a RTW plan for eight years and then resigned because he felt the work was "meaningless" and demoralising, has had his workers' compensation claim dismissed.
Two separate psychological injury claims against the Australian Taxation Office have been dismissed, after the AAT found the workers' injuries arose from reasonable administrative action.
A Commonwealth worker's failure to obtain a Brisbane posting - which he believed he'd been promised - was largely to blame for his psychological injury, the AAT has found in rejecting his compensation claim.
