Limitation extension: saved by instructing a solicitor

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WCRA: credit & failure to disclose pre-existing symptoms

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MVA: “ageist assumptions are anathema” – $500k awarded

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OHS: Interpretative guides on the new Work Health & Safety Act

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HCA: DDT & appeal of Booth – causation sufficient

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Focus: Workplace Relations

 Allens Arthur Robinson

In this issue: we look at work health and safety laws harmonisation; redeployment obligations in a redundancy; employer rights to determine where on-site union meetings are held; and whether asserting a right under an employment contract can ground an adverse action claim.

 

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WCRA: unreliability & overstating = reduction in damages

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WCRA: s.287 IME – “reasonable” & “at any time”

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Adverse action: acting to maintain safety = workplace right

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Nominal defendant: strict compliance works both ways

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David Cormack, Barrister