This trend is most obvious in Western Australia and Victoria but seems contrary to the Federal trend as well as inconsistent with a line of High Court cases dealing with managerial prerogative.

International journal of employment studies

The writer draws together the threads of the relationship between workers compensation law and industrial law as it relates to lawful/unlawful dismissal noting that changes to workers compensation laws, in combination with some state industrial laws, amount to some reinforcement of managerial prerogative. This trend is most obvious in Western Australia and Victoria but seems contrary to the Federal trend as well as inconsistent with a line of High Court cases dealing with managerial prerogative. The difficulties confronting stress claim litigants are exploded and comments made about the relationship between dispute resolution in workers compensation claims and industrial issues.

This trend is most obvious in Western Australia and Victoria but seems contrary to the Federal trend as well as inconsistent with a line of High Court cases dealing with managerial prerogative.

Stress Claims and Management Prerogatives