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A government employer's interpretation of the obligation to provide injured workers with "suitable employment" could result in a worker's entitlement to such work ending "upon the completion of the shift in which the workplace injury occurred", a tribunal full bench has found.

• Employers and supervisors told how to reduce harmful injury stigma; and
  
• WHS charges include alleged Australian Standards breach.

Timely support, connectedness and meaningful suitable duties for injured workers have been driving an award-winning employer's progress since it moved its return-to-work processes in-house, its people boss has revealed.

A psychologically injured worker's "visceral" reaction to a workplace rehabilitation program was not reasonable, and he could have allayed his fears easily by consulting his employer, a tribunal has found.

Vocational advice, and mindful communication from return-to-work stakeholders, can improve the capacity of injured workers to perform work by changing their expectations and self-perceptions of fragility, Australian and European researchers say.

A large employer has been ordered to reinstate an injured worker who it sacked for allegedly failing to comply with a lawful instruction to attend an independent medical examination (IME) through his alleged "aggressive behaviour" at the appointment.

A commission has rejected a major education employer's claim that an "ancient" settlement removed its obligation to provide suitable duties to an injured worker.

• WHS reviews urged ahead of impending psychosocial changes;
  
• COVID-era return-to-work outcomes revealed; and
  
• Crane, hydration and zoonoses developments from WA.

A police officer who was forced to medically retire has lost his unfair dismissal application, with a commission finding his case focused on various grievances instead of his actual fitness for work.

An appeals tribunal has confirmed that being exposed to sanitisers widely-used during the COVID-19 pandemic caused a worker to develop a compensable sensitivity to various workplace chemicals.