A recent Fair Work Australia decision has shown just how important it is for managers to lead by example on safety, and how costly it can be for employers if they don't.
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A Telstra employee who twice fell down a set of wooden stairs that linked her home office to the rest of her house has won workers' compensation for her physical and psychological injuries.
Seemingly damning evidence of off-duty injured workers captured on Facebook or by surveillance must be viewed in the context of their medical histories, two recent workers' comp cases have shown.
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A former Commonwealth employee has been denied compensation for permanent impairment to her back, after DVD evidence showed her walking, bending and carrying boxes while helping a neighbour move house.
A Commonwealth employee who injured his back while playing a social soccer game has been awarded workers' compensation, after the AAT found he was regularly allowed to take extended lunch breaks - without loss of pay - to participate in the matches.
Changes to company safety policies must be "clearly and openly communicated" to all employees before they can take effect, Fair Work Australia has ruled, in reinstating a speeding worker who was dismissed under a policy he denied knowledge of.
In a case that upholds an employer's right to dismiss workers for misconduct that jeopardises their safety, Fair Work Australia has quashed a ruling that played down the seriousness of a worker's safety breach.
