Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (SA) | Page 20

A worker has been awarded compensation for a spine infection, after a tribunal found it was likely a work incident caused the condition "to seed" in her body.

• Courts crack down on workers' comp and ad scams;
  
• Simplified FSC processes launched today; and
  
• Victoria re-establishing and expanding WorkHealth program.

An employer acted reasonably in transferring a sick worker to a role that could better "absorb" her frequent absenteeism, a tribunal has found.

A worker has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after a tribunal found his employer suspended him based on the mistaken belief that he had been charged with necrophilia.

• Workers' comp fraudster pretended to be twin brother; and
  
• SA and NSW issue warnings after heavy vehicle fatalities.

Employers can simplify workers' comp disputes by clearly outlining work duties in job dictionaries that include photos, a lawyer says.

• VWA name scrapped, WorkSafe Victoria returns;
  
• NSW releases new draft mirror WHS Mines Code;
  
• Worker pleads guilty to 15 counts of injury fraud; and
  
• NSW and WA issue alerts and investigate incidents.

A worker who was seriously injured while travelling to work earlier than usual has been awarded compensation under South Australia's journey provisions.

A South Australian Supreme Court full bench has confirmed that employers should have known by the early 1960s that even "light" exposure to asbestos could be fatal.

• Change in work hours caused compensable psych injury; and
  
• Premium cuts in SA unlikely without proposed reforms.