A regulator has been blocked from re-opening a case, recently dismissed by the High Court, against a worker who was awarded lump sum payments for injuries caused by opioid medication.
Coronavirus controls and restrictions have been stepped up across the country, with exemptions for certain workplaces and workers, while the ACTU's "name and fame" list of businesses providing special paid sick leave to staff is rapidly growing.
NSW has issued advice on commuting safely to work during the COVID-19 pandemic, while both NSW and Victoria have introduced tough penalties for those who breach new isolation orders, and Western Australia has announced special leave arrangements for public servants affected by the coronavirus, in a bid to maintain safe working environments and reduce the spread of the disease.
An injured worker employed by a UK-based company has successfully argued his employment should be treated on a project-by-project basis, so that liability for his injury fell to an Australian jurisdiction where he worked for just two days.
A worker has unsuccessfully argued that his injury from an intoxicated fall was work-related because he was self-medicating with alcohol to cope with pain from earlier work injuries.
A tribunal full bench has confirmed it is unnecessary to calculate an injured worker's whole person impairment before rejecting his bid to be treated as seriously injured on an interim basis.
