An employer negligently created unnecessary height risks by modifying a workplace vehicle, an appeals court has ruled in reversing an earlier decision and finding an injured worker is entitled to damages.
An employer isn't liable for a travelling worker's back injury caused by excessive sitting on his long commutes, a commission has found, in a case confirming that merely having to travel to work cannot establish a substantial connection between employment and an injury.
A supermarket giant's store allowed "budgetary considerations to prevail over safety considerations", and negligently caused a worker's manual handling injury by failing to provide enough staff to assist with heavy lifting tasks, a court has found.
A worker's reporting of serious safety issues led to a long "saga of workplace difficulties" that caused his psychological injury, a commission has found.
A major employer claims the death of one of its workers would not have occurred if another duty holder had used Google Earth or similar online resources to identify dangerous trees near roadways, in a case that has been adjourned to allow the parties to prepare further evidence.
An employer's road maintenance procedures have been vindicated in a superior court, which rejected a negligence action by a former employee who claimed she was injured when her truck jolted over a soft spot in a work road.
An injured worker has accused her employer of relying on a medical expert with a "philosophical stance" against computer overuse injuries to deny liability for her wrist condition.
An injured worker's condition worsened when her employer, a major supermarket chain, blocked her access to treatment under a capacity-for-work determination, a commission has found in reviving her benefits.
An employer with a Sydney post box has failed to overturn a ruling that it is liable, under NSW law, for injuries sustained by a worker while he was based overseas and paid in US dollars.
A worker who was glassed defending his colleagues from assailants at a restaurant on an interstate work trip was not injured in the course of his employment, a commission president has ruled in a case examining the High Court interval test.
