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Office worker injury
Case notes on injuries and claims arising from office work.
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryParalegal fails to resuscitate law firm sexual harassment bid
A legal assistant in her early thirties launched two different sexual harassment proceedings against a law firm that prided itself on its governance and compliance and five years later, started a third.
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryWithout warning: emotional worker sues for demotion hurt
When can the circumstances of performance counselling lead to a successful injury compensation claim if the worker sues?
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“Torrent of abuse” hurled at vulnerable worker: QIRC allows animal control psych claim
A vulnerable worker has rolled a workers' compensation provider on its rejection of her statutory psychological injury claim arising out of daily abuse received from the customers she was required to deal with in the animal…
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Federal Court tops up injury damages with Fair Work compensation
How can an employee who suffers psychological injury from bullying and harassment recover Fair Work compensation as well as injury damages?
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryOverworked council man wins $1.3 mil for “flawed” performance improvement process
An overworked section head of the Cairns Regional Council who was blamed for financial errors and subjected to an unwarranted performance improvement process has won substantial damages after a four week Supreme Court trial, for…
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryCourt rebuffs WCQ’s stroke compensation claim denial- what are the consequences?
WorkCover is required to accept or reject an application for workers compensation within 20 business days of receiving it.
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injurySenior employee wins psych payout for reasonable management action taken unreasonably
An employee of a regional council centered on Moranbah in the Bowen Basin has won a ruling that the management action that caused an adjustment disorder as a result of a disciplinary proceeding that was reasonable management…
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryReceptionist’s $120k fall in rush to answer call: should boss have provided a $220 headset?
A suburban office worker has argued for substantial damages in a case filed against her employer for an ankle injury sustained in a fall when rushing to answer an incoming call.
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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