A full supreme court has ruled on who bears the onus of proving whether an injury was caused by reasonable management action, in a case involving a performance-managed worker forced to record all his movements in a spreadsheet.
A government employer has failed in its latest challenge against a finding that it is liable for a worker's psychological injury caused by a colleague's racist taunts, this time arguing the courts ignored an "admission" of a pre-existing mental illness diagnosis.
A superior court has confirmed that a worker who was exposed to bullying and racist taunts by a colleague suffered a compensable psychological injury, rejecting his employer's claim his pre-existing mental health issues blocked his access to benefits.
An employer has been found liable for injuries a FIFO worker suffered on a fishing trip with his general manager, because it impliedly encouraged him to engage in the activity to rest and recuperate after a demanding week of shift work.
A worker who claims he suffered a psychological injury from his employer wrongfully initiating criminal charges against him, gave notice of the injury within the required time when he complained to an ombudsman, a court has found.
An employer has failed to recover, from two other companies, the $10.5 million in damages it paid to a catastrophically injured worker, after an appeals court found there was no evidence the companies' alleged safety breaches caused the injuries.
An employer that claimed legal professional privilege over surveillance footage of a workers' comp claimant, with the intention of waiving that privilege during its cross-examination of the man at an upcoming hearing, has been ordered to provide him with copies of the footage.
A commission has found an employer vicariously liable for two workers' racist comments, and stressed that a company's anti-discrimination policies must be "communicated effectively" to staff.
The High Court has handed down its reasons for its August decision to uphold a $425,000 damages claim, and confirmed that hindsight can be used to determine whether a cause of action accrued before an injury was detected.
A Supreme Court judge has applied the "eggshell psyche principle" in quashing an earlier decision to deny an injured worker compensation because her perceptions of bullying weren't reasonable.