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An HR manager who claimed her back injury arose from excessive sitting at work has been denied workers' compensation.

An employer's claim that a permanently injured worker could perform locksmith work or a similar "light" role has been rejected in the Victorian County Court.

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An employer has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $560,000 in damages, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to alter its system of work for a manual handling task.

Investigation reports on a worker's injury aren't protected by legal professional privilege, the Victorian County Court has ruled in favour of an employer in an ongoing indemnity dispute.

A welder has won compensation for lung cancer, after the Victorian County Court found his work - not his 20-year smoking history - caused the disease.

A worker's claim that she was entitled to damages for a neck and subsequent psychological injury has been rejected in the Victorian Court of Appeal, after it found her injuries weren't considered serious.

A Victorian employer's OHS fine has been quadrupled on appeal, in one of three recent forklift-related prosecutions in the State.

A Victorian worker, who developed PTSD after he saw a man die from gas exposure in a confined space, has been granted leave to seek damages for pain and suffering from his employer.

A worker's current schizophrenia is unrelated to a 1999 work incident that exacerbated his psychiatric condition, the Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in upholding a WorkCover medical panel's finding.