An injured worker has been granted permission to pursue damages in a jurisdiction with far more generous common law rights than the state his employer contended he "usually" worked in.
A worker bore the onus of proving his work-related knee injuries caused him to fall at home and dislocate his shoulder, but he failed to discharge his burden of proof, with his inconsistent memory of events suggesting he made them up, a judge has found.
A "contractor" required by an employer to provide "specialised services" that he didn't perform for his own business was an employee of the employer when he was injured, a superior court has found.
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.
A worker has been sentenced to nine months' jail and ordered to repay $113,000 for illegally altering certificates of capacity, and other workers' comp breaches.
The widow of a worker who contracted a rare disorder at work in 1986, and died from a similarly rare condition 30 years later, has been denied $400,000 in death benefits because of a gap in the scientific literature on the link between the conditions.
A travelling worker's work vehicle does not always constitute a "place of employment", a judge has ruled in a case involving a worker who was injured at the end of a journey home.
Limited training and delayed access to new software contributed to a worker developing a stress-related psychiatric injury trying to meet an unworkable deadline, a commission has found.
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 developed a debilitating lung condition five months after being exposed to the Hazelwood Mine fire, has been awarded medical expenses and weekly payments because of the short period of time between his exposure and the onset of his condition.
