A worker whose hand became infected, after his manager persuaded him to return to work instead of seeing his doctor after he injured it, has been awarded nearly $1 million in damages.
An employer that required a worker to manually handle an 85kg object has failed to escape liability for his lift injury, by arguing he initially told supervisors he might have sustained it at the gym.
An employer's stringent risk assessment process has blocked a worker's claim that the employer induced or encouraged her to undertake a "high-risk" activity on a work trip where she was injured.
An appeals court has upheld a $480,000 damages award, confirming that an employer breached its duty of care to a worker by failing to maintain a non-slip work surface according to the manufacturer's guidelines or periodically check its slip resistance.
An employer has unsuccessfully argued that it isn't liable for a burnt-out worker's psychological injury because it was caused by his personality traits, including a strong work ethic and high standards.
A worker who broke her leg after smoking on a workplace rooftop prior to starting a shift was on an "ordinary recess" and is entitled to compensation, because her employer required her to attend work 10 minutes early, an appeals court has ruled.
A workplace quad bike victim's injury damages have been increased by 40 per cent on appeal. Meanwhile, a worker has failed to prove his noisy workplace was noisy enough to cause his tinnitus.
An employer that failed to train a worker how to safely exit his truck has been ordered to pay him $320,000 in damages, after he sustained incapacitating injuries jumping out of the cabin.
In a case showing that managers don't need to apply every disciplinary procedure to every meeting on a contentious issue, a worker has been denied compensation for injuries purportedly arising from accusations of fraud.
