A commission has rejected an employer's argument that gossip about a worker being accused of theft formed part of the disciplinary process against him, disentitling him to workers' compensation for a mental injury.
A worker who claimed his supervisor held a gun to his chest, and repeatedly bullied him for being "too old" to return to work after being injured, has been awarded workers' compensation.
A worker has been denied compensation for industrial deafness because he failed to meet any of the three criteria for eligibility. Meanwhile, a worker has failed, on appeal, to prove exposure to workplace alarms caused his hearing loss.
In an unusual case, an appeals court has rejected an employer's claim that damages awarded to an employee, who was injured while visiting her workplace on her day off, should have been restricted by workers' compensation laws.
An "injured" worker has been denied more than $1 million in damages, after a court found he tripped in wet conditions because he negligently left a designated workplace walkway.
An employer is being forced to reimburse an insurer for payments made to an injured worker, after it failed in its appeal against a decision that the worker was "usually based" in a state where it didn't have workers' comp insurance.
A man stabbed by his son when he went home to check work documents removed himself from the course of his employment when he exited and re-entered the house in the moments before the attack, a commission has ruled in a compensation dispute.
A worker who injured his knee playing in a charity rugby league game organised by colleagues has failed to convince a commission, on appeal, that his manager encouraged, authorised or induced him to play by not voicing any opposition to his participation.
