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The Federal Court has ordered an employer to pay one year's accident make-up pay to an injured ex-employee, after finding the entitlement continued to accrue after her employment ended.

A worker whose internet search led to her claiming she developed chronic fatigue syndrome from employer-provided vaccinations has been denied workers' compensation.

A worker suing his former employer for $1.8 million in damages for a psychiatric injury has failed to convince a superior court his condition was caused by a "flatulent" supervisor bullying him over the phone about his performance.

A worker's widow has been denied damages for nervous shock, after a superior court rejected her claim that her husband's employer negligently failed to stop him drinking alcohol at the workplace after hours.

An appeals court has rejected the proposition that medical opinions directly conflicting with a medical panel's findings can't be relied on in "any way" to determine an injured worker's entitlement to pecuniary damages.

An injured worker has successfully argued that the "accident make-up pay" provided by his enterprise agreement (EA) should cover his pre-injury overtime earnings.

A second employer has been fined over guarding breaches that led to an Irish backpacker being scalped and losing an ear, while a scaffolding company has been fined heavily after an apprentice sustained debilitating electric-shock injuries in a no-go zone.

A major facilities management company has escaped liability for damages paid to a worker who tripped on a faulty path.

An employer failed to implement procedures that would have mitigated the injury risks created by another party's negligence, and is 35 per cent liable for an employee's $2 million damages award, a superior court has found.

A worker who injured her ankle in a two-centimetre-deep puddle on a path has been awarded $275,000 in damages, after a court rejected her host employer's claim that the puddle didn't pose a greater risk than those reasonably encountered in the course of everyday life.