Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (NSW)




TUE
12:19PM

Workplace bullying occurred when managers were absent, victim wins stress and anxiety claim

A long-serving worker who experienced five years of bullying from a co-worker in the form of verbal threats and aggression has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after the bully was promoted to be his supervisor.


TUE
2:28PM

Officer awarded $1.8m, employer breached EAP duties

A police officer psychologically injured from working on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been awarded more than $1.8 million in damages, in a case examining the obligations of employers to oversee their employee assistance programs.


THU
1:55PM

PIC upholds psych claim from monitored worker

A worker who sustained a psychological injury, after her employer started monitoring her work schedule, has won her bid for compensation, with a commission finding the actions of her team leader didn't constitute a "performance appraisal" invoking the reasonable-action defence.


FRI
2:11PM

Thirty years of trauma, not COVID rule, caused injury

A worker has proved her post-traumatic stress disorder was caused by traumatic incidents throughout her lengthy employment, with a commission rejecting her employer's claim her injury resulted from reasonable action taken after she refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.


WED
3:39PM

Failure to address trip hazard exacerbated by fast work

A court has ordered two companies to pay more than $1.6 million in damages to a labour-hire worker, who was injured performing a "mundane" task that was unsafe because it "included a tripping hazard as an integral part of its operation".





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