A recent court judgment quashing a damages claim shows that surveillance of injured workers performing multiple activities over consecutive days can defeat the "good days and bad days" defence, according to a compensation lawyer.
An employer has been ordered to pay a worker $1.3 million in damages for PTSD and bipolar disorder, after she was repeatedly s-xually harassed and a colleague threatened to rape her.
A worker has been fined for cutting a colleague's buttocks with a saw while engaging in horseplay, while a manager and his employer have both been fined after a worker was seriously injured while riding in a non-compliant forklift cage.
The Essendon Football Club has pleaded guilty to OHS charges relating to the 2011-12 supplements scandal, while the Supreme Court has granted a former player access to AFL documents to help him decide whether to sue the club and the AFL for exposing him to health and safety risks.
A man who received workers' compensation while playing rugby for four years is one of three Victorian workers who have recently been charged with fraud and ordered to repay more than $130,000.
A host employer breached the Victorian manual handling regulations by allowing psychiatric patients to have access to a jug of water, which could be used as a weapon and force workers to become involved in a "physical intervention", the County Court has found.
