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A worker has been denied compensation for industrial deafness, after he failed to prove his regular exposure to loud alarms exceeded the exposure threshold for noise.

The NSW Court of Appeal has quashed a world-first ruling (and $5 million damages award) that a worker's post-traumatic stress disorder was a "bodily injury" and compensable under international law.

An injured worker is exempt from time caps on weekly workers' comp payments, despite his certification for an exempted occupation lapsing before he was injured, an appeals court has found.

Optus has successfully appealed against a $3.9 million judgment for a labour-hire worker, who developed chronic post-traumatic stress disorder after a co-worker attempted to murder him.

A worker was dismissed for taking excessive sick leave, including 22 weeks in one year, without providing medical certificates, and not because of her injury, a commission has found.

An appeal court has quashed a finding that a multi-jurisdictional employer is liable for a $726,000 injury damages award under both of its workers' compensation insurance policies.

A commission has upheld a $750,000 death-benefits award, after finding a worker unintentionally consumed a lethal mix of medication and alcohol to cope with a workplace injury.

Two employers have been ordered to pay an injured worker nearly $2 million in damages, after a court found his tasks weren't rotated because he was paired with an older man who refused to perform heavy work.

A reasonable worker cannot be expected to know that a walkway is wet and slippery without specific signs alerting to the risk, even when it is obvious cleaning is underway, an appeal court has ruled in an indemnity dispute.

An injured worker who had two back operations on the spur of the moment has been awarded medical expenses, after a commission confirmed the procedures were exempt from pre-approval requirements.