Overworked council man wins $1.3 mil for “flawed” performance improvement...
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...
View ArticleFederal 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? Consider the case of Vivienne Leggett, a sponsorship and...
View Article“Torrent of abuse” hurled at vulnerable worker: QIRC allows animal control...
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...
View ArticleOfficer wins $860k for police failure to review mental health prior to return...
An appeal court has upped the damages police must pay an officer for deploying her back to general duties after the onset of multiple non-work related traumas where there was a failure to review mental...
View ArticlePrecautions required “from the moment she started the job”: $435k psych...
The High Court has rejected the contention that an employer enjoys immunity from liability for adverse health and safety outcomes to personnel who voluntarily sign up to do high-risk jobs. Zagi Kozarov...
View ArticleWrongful imprisonment at roadside; police fail on Nuremberg defence
Richard Walker had driven from his home in Darra to the Sunshine Coast hospital to meet with the palliative care team to discuss his father’s rapidly declining health. To settle his nerves after...
View ArticleWCQ whipped on compliance ask for NOCD particulars of negligence
Are “high level” allegations – without particulars of the components of alleged negligence and causation pertaining to an injury – sufficient to meet the requirements of a compliant workplace injury...
View ArticleEmployer directly liable for supervisor’s gut punch to junior staffer
A court has ruled Queensland Corrective Services vicariously liable for injury compensation from a supervisor’s gut punch to a Woodford Correctional Officer because it was a bad method of staff...
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