Compensation for workplace injury leading to suicide in Australia

Workplace-related death by suicide raises a number of difficult issues in the context of workers compensation. On first reading, workers compensation statutes usually prevent recovery of compensation where an injury is self-inflicted, suggesting that compensation for suicide will be excluded. Additi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guthrie, Rob, Westaway, Jennifer
Format: Journal Article
Published: Thomson 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4168