Case shows how right to disconnect law could ‘bleed into compo claims’
A tribunal has invoked the Albanese government’s upcoming right to disconnect laws to support a finding that an employer’s persistent contact of an employee during sick leave was unreasonable and made them liable for workers’ compensation payments.
The NSW Personal Injury Commission ordered an employer identified only as “BWP” to pay its return-to-work co-ordinator 10 months’ backpay and ongoing compensation after finding a supervisor’s contact with her was “hostile”, “excessive and inappropriately done”, rendering her incapable of working for the next 18 months.
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