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In an important ruling on seemingly inconsistent provisions on employers' obligations to injured workers, an appeals court has found an assaulted worker is entitled to recover the costs of travelling thousands of kilometres for an impairment assessment, with a view to suing for damages.

A worker's diagnosis of "soft tissue injury" from a vehicle incident is too broad for his employer to be liable for two subsequent conditions, an appeals court has ruled.

A worker has been given a second opportunity to show his employer unreasonably disciplined him for refusing to sign a new fatigue management policy, with a court stressing that mental conditions can be compensable "irrespective of the diagnostic label".

An appeals court has rejected a major employer's claim that an injured worker's previous overtime payments ceased to form part of his compensation when that compensation was stepped down after 13 weeks of incapacity.

An employer negligently relied on a very experienced and highly regarded worker to perform his tasks safely, a court has found in awarding the worker nearly $1 million in injury damages.

A worker who was accused of misusing confidential information and had her security pass and work phone confiscated in a meeting with her supervisor, is entitled to compensation for a stress injury, a court has confirmed.

An employer whose systems supported an injured worker's "postural breaks", has escaped liability for her claim that it returned her to work too early after a work injury, incapacitating her.

An employer's safety systems were sufficient to absolve it of liability for a falling object and an employee's spinal injury, which was caused by another company's negligence, a court has found.

A court has rejected an employer's claim that it isn't liable for a worker's dengue fever because he contracted the disease overseas.

An employer's duty to provide a safe system of work extends to maintaining and enforcing such a system, including where an alternative system creates a foreseeable risk of injury of any severity, an appeals court has found in upholding an injured worker's $1.4 million award.