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  • April 10, 2025When Welfare Checks Lead to Claims: Lessons for the Workplace

    Woodroofe and Comcare (Compensation) [2024] AATA 3611.   Key Points: The applicant made claims for psychological injury as a result of what the applicant claimed to be a series of workplace “bullying” events. Liability to the claims was declined on the basis that the condition arose out of reasonable administrative action, and the Tribunal affirmed […]

  • September 20, 2022Lessons for employers: Covill v WorkCover Queensland [2022] QSC 171

    Covill v WorkCover Queensland [2022] QSC 171 Background Atlas People Pty Ltd, a chef recruitment and labour hire company, employed chefs to work on short and long-term assignments in different parts of Australia. Ms Covill, a chef by trade, was employed by Atlas to first work on assignment in Batemans Bay in New South Wales. On […]

  • July 19, 2022You don’t always have to put in a fresh claim, according to the Federal Court

    Ellison and Comcare [2022] FCA 95.   Key Points: The Federal Court was asked to decide whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had erred in finding that it had no jurisdiction to consider a claim for workers’ compensation for Mr Ellison’s underlying degenerative disease of the spine. The Federal Court found there had been an error […]

  • July 19, 2022AFP officer’s injury found to be a result of reasonable administrative action

    Snook and Comcare [2022].   Key Points: The Tribunal was asked to consider liability for a psychological condition, claimed to have been sustained in the workplace by an Australian Federal Police Officer. The Tribunal found that the psychological condition did not meet the definition of Injury as it was suffered as a result of reasonable […]

  • July 19, 2022An identifiable physiological change is not necessary for there to be an “ailment”

    Wuth and Comcare [2022] FCAFC 42.   Key Points:   Ms Wuth appealed a decision of the Tribunal, which found than she had not suffered an injury within the meaning of the SRC Act because there had been no identifiable physiological change evident. The Full Court of the Federal Court stated that it was unnecessary […]

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