Catchwords
Industrial law (Cth) – Workers' compensation – Employee injured during overnight stay at motel booked by employer – Employee injured whilst engaged in activity – Employee claimed compensation for injuries under Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) – Whether employee's injuries arose in course of employment – Whether employee's injuries sustained during interval or interlude within overall period of work.
Words and phrases – "connection or association with employment", "injury … at and by reference to a place", "in the course of employment", "interval or interlude within an overall period or episode of work".
Safety – Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth), ss 5A(1), 6, 14(1).