An employer has been fined more than $20,000 for sacking an injured worker without proper notice after a workers' comp regulator decided he was unable to perform any duties for the company.
The widow of a worker who died of a heart attack has been awarded workers' compensation, after a tribunal found the man performed strenuous work duties shortly before his death.
A tribunal has found that a worker's gross negligence, which exposed a colleague to the risk of death, didn't meet the definition of wilful misconduct under workers' comp laws.
A tribunal has criticised an employer for failing to meet with a psychologically injured worker to resolve the management issues that contributed to his condition and help him return him to work.
A worker has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages for schizophrenia and diabetes arising from a minor work-related hand injury, after successfully appealing to a full Supreme Court.
The parents of a worker who died in a car accident while driving from work to university have lost their appeal for death benefits, while a manager who sustained a psychological injury after being transferred has also been denied compensation on appeal.
An employer and its employee development manager breached the National Employment Standards in giving an injured worker four weeks and three days' notice of termination instead of five weeks' notice, the Federal Circuit Court has found.
The High Court will determine whether a mesothelioma-related cause of action arises at the time asbestos is inhaled or when the symptoms of the disease become apparent, after an employer was granted special leave to appeal against a $425,000 damages award.
