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Comcare has been granted special leave to appeal to the High Court against a decision to award workers' compensation to a Commonwealth employee who was injured while having s-x in her motel room on a work trip.
A recent NSW Court of Appeal decision shows that non-Commonwealth licensees can still be found liable under state workers' compensation schemes for injuries caused by a "gradual process", according to a Curwoods Lawyers report.
Noise continues to expose employers to costly comp claims; Tasmanian firefighters gain presumptive cancer compensation; and Quad bike group responds to SWA demands with child-safety commitment.
An injured NSW worker has convinced the Court of Appeal that he is entitled to lump sum compensation, even though he applied for the benefit after it was removed from the State Workers Compensation Act.
The Commonwealth SRC Act will be amended to limit the definition of "reasonable administrative action" in psychological injury disputes, under a Government plan to prioritise 21 of the 137 recommendations made by the Hanks and Hawke review of the Act.
Workplace inspections conducted by OHS regulators make managers think about safety and help employers reduce their injury costs, a new Safe Work Australia study on regulatory interventions has found.
Commonwealth employers that fail to provide suitable duties to rehabilitating workers will face fines, and workers' comp payments will be reduced after 13 weeks, under a plan to "shift" the distribution of benefits that apply under the SRC Act.
A NSW police officer, who received little support from her employer after a co-worker and close friend committed suicide, has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury on appeal.
Insurer QBE has rejected allegations that NSW workers' comp claims will be processed by clerks in the Philippines under a plan to move hundreds of jobs overseas. Also in this article, the ACTU has called for regulators to enforce risk assessments for quad bikes.
