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A tribunal has applied a 14-fold increase to the damages awarded to a worker who was psychologically injured by her manager making "vulgar" remarks about her body, and making "repeated physical contact" with her.

An employer has been ordered to pay more than $268,000 in damages and compensation to a harassed and victimised worker, with a court rejecting its claim its director's overtures towards the worker, who developed a psychiatric injury, were not s-xual in nature.

A leading workplace lawyer has urged employers not to leave difficult-to-manage workplace behaviours and conflicts unchecked, exposing workers to the risk of psychological injuries.

A worker is entitled to incapacity payments for a period of unemployment that followed the unexpected termination of his new job contract, nearly 15 years after a work injury took him out of his original role, a tribunal has found.

• Senators seek to fast-track work safety provisions;
  
• SWA launches interactive WHS tools for two industries; and
  
• New review aims to reduce injury premiums in NSW.

Making workers feel trusted when they work from home is key to reducing stress and burnout, while well-equipped home workspaces are also extremely beneficial, a study has found.

A worker who was accused of tampering with CCTV footage at a host company's site has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found his employer failed to "advocate" for him when the host requested he be stood down.

An appeals court has declined to create a "new category of duty" for employers, in overturning a psychologically injured worker's $1.4 million damages award for being subjected to a "sham" dismissal.

Workers' comp claims for "stress" and "burnout" are being axed in Victoria, with the State Government acting on its May 2023 plan to fix the "broken" compensation scheme by cutting benefits.

An appeals commission has upheld the psychological injury claim from a worker who was ridiculed for pushing for better COVID-safe standards. It rejected his employer's argument that his case was defeated by the fact that an alleged assault never occurred.