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Abused for being pregnant

By on October 12, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, WorkCover Tas, WTF

A woman working for St John Ambulance Tasmania was called an “idiot” and a “dickhead” by her manager after becoming pregnant, a tribunal has heard. Abused for being pregnant  DAVID KILLICK   |   October 11, 2012 12.01am The organisation has won a preliminary legal stoush with the staff member who says she was subjected [...]

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Amputee not entitled to workers compensation as a not deemed a worker

By on July 24, 2012 in Common Law, Legal cases, WorkCover Tas, WTF

A Hobart man who had a leg amputated after a workplace accident says he is devastated by a court judgement denying him workers compensation. Amputee Anthony Young’s much-publicised bid for workers’ compensation has been dismissed by a full Supreme Court, after it found he was not a “worker” within the meaning of the Tasmanian State [...]

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Workplace bullying laws are no match for a new breed of “workplace psychopaths”.

By on July 14, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Unions, WorkCover Tas, WTF

So far we’ve heard that Bosses ‘lack courage to stop bullying’ and now we’re hearing that current workplace bullying laws are no match for a new breed of workplace psychopaths.  Both have a ring of truth to them. COMPLAINTS of workplace bullying have doubled in Tasmania this year and union leaders say the problem is [...]

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WorkCover Tasmania – new accreditation for doctors in the art of certifying injured workers fit for work

By on June 28, 2012 in WorkCover Tas, WTF

Last night, during my sleepless workcover surfs, I stumbled on the who’s proudly announcing a “new accreditation model for doctors”.  Reading a little deeper, I soon discovered that the “new model”, written “by doctors” for doctors mainly focused about how to issue workers compensation medical certificates, that is: how to “certify” injured workers “fit for [...]

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Comcare claim for psychological injury rejected – a Westpac banking case

By on May 8, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Comcare, Legal cases, Psych, WorkCover Tas, WTF

In this Tasmanian Comcare , a Westpac call centre worker abandoned her employment after two “verbal exchanges” with her superiors, after which she claimed a workers compensation claim for psychological stress. However, the injured worker was not entitled to compensation in this case, as her superiors were found to have taken “reasonable administrative action”…. Comcare [...]

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