Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (VIC) | Page 2

A worker who crushed his pinky finger at work has been refused damages for "serious" physical and psychological injuries, after secret surveillance footage showed him using his hand without restriction despite his claim he had lost all use of it.

• "Injured" worker secretly provided escort services; and
  
• MoU targets unsafe high-risk work licensing practices.

• Heavy penalty for injury-causing ageism locked in; and
  
• Sentences for injury fraud come with jail warning.

• Company officer charged with bullying and causing breaches;
  
• First anti-harassment audit completed in mining campaign; and
  
• Injury fraudster sentenced after probe into ambulance calls.

Surveillance footage, videos and photos of an injured worker washing his car, playing the guitar and performing other activities he claims he struggled to do, did not prove he had the capacity to return to work, a court has ruled.

In an environment where the findings of workers' compensation medical panels are facing increasing legal challenges, an appeals court - referring to a High Court judgment - has affirmed that applicants can't "overzealously" scrutinise panel reports to challenge their reasoning.

A former Manus Island detention centre worker has failed to show his employer is liable for his recurring kidney stones, which he claims were caused by not being able to maintain his gluten-free diet on the island, or remain hydrated when he was in isolation with gastro.

A worker injured by s-xual harassment has won her appeal against her low damages award of $10,000, with a superior court describing the amount as "derisory" in an important decision on what constitutes serious harassment.

A worker seeking common law damages has proved her employer breached its safety duties to her during her post-injury return to work, but failed to show any breach caused or worsened her condition.

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• "Injured" worker handed $51k fraud bill.