Psychological injuries & claims | Page 12 (239 items)

A "perfectionist" employee who often chose to work extra hours to finish tasks is entitled to compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found she was "overworked, under-resourced and unsupported".

A commissioner has dismissed an employee's "impassioned" but baseless discrimination complaints, noting it was "incredible" that a single incident more than a decade ago had "spawned so many failed legal proceedings and so much personal and professional destruction".

An employee has been awarded $83k in compensation, as well as ongoing weekly payments, for a psychological injury caused by being told he'd need to get a COVID-19 vaccination to continue working.

The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by an employee who claimed workplace bullying and harassment aggravated his underlying psychological condition.

An employee who claimed she was forced to "dance through hoops" to progress in her career, but ultimately "went nowhere", has won compensation for a psychological injury.

A workers' compensation overhaul could have far-reaching consequences for workers suffering from burnout and stress, and for their employers, a specialist warns.

An employer should have provided more "positive support" to a worker after he was assaulted by his supervisor, a court has ruled in awarding him $148k in damages for a psychological injury.

An employer has failed to prove it took reasonable disciplinary action against an employee facing sexual harassment allegations, and that it wasn't liable for his resulting psychological injury.

Three months was a "reasonable" amount of time to wait and see if an employee recovered from a psychological injury so he could return to work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.

An employer's enquiry into a worker's serious privacy breach caused her psychological injury, but it was a "necessary first step" in a reasonable disciplinary process, a commission has ruled.