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The death of a NSW worker who contracted COVID-19 on a work trip to New York has been found to have occurred in the course of his employment, entitling his widow to death benefits and possibly more than $15 million in medical expenses.

Resources giant BHP has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 in damages to a worker who was injured in an incident that also attracted a safety fine. The man hurt his back and developed post-traumatic stress disorder after an unsafe BHP road forced him to engage in dangerous driving.

A misstep in an employer's otherwise "exemplary" process for dealing with a worker, after he was accused of making racist remarks in a break room conversation after the Manchester bombing, has made the employer liable for his psychological injury.

A major employer has successfully challenged a worker's bid to be re-examined for his claim for a lump sum payment for his WHS-related psych injury.

The High Court has rejected an employer's bid for special leave to appeal against a ruling that a woman who received death benefits under NSW workers' compensation laws, after her son was killed, is also entitled to pursue damages in her home state of South Australia.

A company has been ordered to pay a visiting delivery driver more than $400,000 in damages, after its workers failed to ensure he remained in a safety zone while they worked around his vehicle.

An employer has unsuccessfully challenged a $2.5 million injury damages bill relating to work road maintenance failures. An appeals court rejected its claim that the injured worker was contributorily negligent in failing to satisfy the "high" duty of care owed by drivers.

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A worker's eight-hour injury-causing drive at the start of his working week was not an ordinary journey from his place of abode to his place of employment, an appeals commission has ruled in finding he was injured in the course of his employment.

A worker has been awarded more than $1.1 million in damages, after her employer's instructions against lifting heavy stock were not relayed to staff, causing her to suffer incapacitating back injuries.