The Queensland IRC has found that lifting heavy boxes for just 10 minutes was more than enough time to cause a worker's back injury, and has ordered his employer to pay him compensation.
A slaughterhouse employee who was bullied by workers who regularly threw fat and blood clots at him has been awarded workers' compensation, while a clerk has failed to convince a tribunal that repetitive keyboard use caused her spine injury.
A worker whose back injury resulted from repetitive manual tasks has been denied damages, after the Queensland District Court found there was no evidence that any wrongful act or omission by her employer contributed to her condition.
Two companies that owed a worker at a work Christmas party a duty of care aren't liable for injuries he sustained when he was assaulted, the Queensland Supreme Court has ruled.
An experienced labourer, who tried to move heavy items by kicking them, has failed in a damages claim to prove his employers didn't instruct him on correct manual handling techniques.
A worker who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after a s-xual assault at an apartment controlled by her employer is entitled to workers' compensation, after the employer failed in its second appeal against liability.
An employee who injured herself during a toilet break is entitled to compensation, after a court rejected her employer's claim that such a break isn't considered an "ordinary recess".
A Queensland supervisor who crashed a 20-tonne crane on a public road while driving it home has been denied damages, with the Supreme Court finding his employer could not have foreseen such "wilfully inappropriate conduct".
A recent case involving a worker who was awarded $240,000 in damages - after being bullied for just 11 days - demonstrates how important it is to proactively respond to all workplace bullying complaints, according to employment and safety lawyer Hedy Cray.
The estate of a deceased worker who suffered from work-related skin cancer isn't entitled to workers' compensation, because the man didn't lodge his claim until four years after his "diagnosis", the Queensland Industrial Court has found.
