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A Commonwealth employee, who was injured while having intercourse in her motel room on a work trip, wasn't guilty of "gross misconduct", and was therefore entitled to workers' compensation, a full Federal Court has ruled in dismissing a Comcare appeal.

An Australian Taxation Office team leader, who claimed her managers did nothing when she complained of being bullied and harassed by a co-worker, has been awarded workers' compensation for a psychological injury.

An injured Western Australian worker, who received $250,000 in an out-of-court settlement with his employer, has been given the green light to sue a second company, after a High Court majority found the settlement didn't "amount to an award of damages".

More senior executives "than ever before" can now be found liable for safety breaches linked to work Christmas parties, an OHS lawyer says. Also in this article, employers have been put on notice after a worker sustained permanent injuries from heatstroke.

"General" OHS policy results in crush injury and $56k fine; and Psychological injury caused by "abrasive" supervisor.

A Queensland worker who claimed a co-worker bullied her and made threats against women has had her workers' compensation claim dismissed, after the IRC found it was her perception of the co-worker, and not his actions, that caused her psychological injury.

"Underperformance" meetings that triggered injury unreasonable; and Previous compensable injuries caused work-related fall.

A Victorian abattoir has been found guilty over the death of an untrained worker who was crushed while cleaning a knocking box. Meanwhile, four other employers in the State have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $300,000 in penalties and costs for OHS and RTW breaches.

Two Victorian workers, whose weekly workers' compensation payments were terminated after 130 weeks, have had their benefits reinstated, after the Magistrates Court found the proposed alternative occupations for the workers are unrealistic.

Comcare outlines policy on "accidental non-compliance" in draft; A thousand workers win workers' comp exemption in NSW; SA Greens progress firefighter Bill, call for "serious" anti-bullying laws; WorkCover NSW targeting glass businesses in wake of deaths, injuries; and Q-COMP releases new medical fees.