Browsing: Psychological injuries & claims | Page 14 (184 items)

An employee is claiming she suffered a compensable psychological injury after reporting her manager for serious misconduct and then continuing to work under him, fearing that he knew.

Management action does not have to be "perfect" or industrially fair for it to be reasonable, a Commission has noted in finding a stressed employee was not entitled to compensation for a psychological injury.

Early-intervention efforts to improve workplace respect are dramatically reducing bullying complaints and associated claims, among other strategies.

A growing number of mental health claims stem from "small issues" that could have been nipped in the bud early, an insurance expert says.

In trying to shield a manager from the embarrassment of suspension, an employer ignored correct procedures and caused his psych injury, a commission has ruled.

Substantiating a formal complaint against an employee who had no opportunity to respond was more than a "mere blemish" in a disciplinary process, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.

A manager's negative comments when providing an employee's reference caused a psychological injury, but they were reasonable, a tribunal has found.

An employer's investigation into bullying allegations against an executive was reasonable, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting his psychological injury claim.

An assistant manager has been ordered to pay an employee $151k in damages after a tribunal found he engaged in the "most grievous sexual abuse".

An employee "tormented" by her manager's s-xual harassment has won her damages appeal, with a court increasing the original order by more than $100k.