Browsing: Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (WA)


FRI
2:44PM

WHS changes and new workers' comp statute pass

Two major pieces of legislation have passed the NSW and Western Australian Parliaments: a WHS Bill nearly tripling fines and doubling jail terms for category-1 breaches, and a complete workers' compensation rewrite that has been a decade in the making.


FRI
2:41PM


TUE
10:00AM

Five human performance principles; PTSD changes; more

  • Five performance principles should underpin safety systems;
  • PTSD presumption applied to another WA sector; and
  • Injury premium rate cut by more than 5% in WA.

THU
11:55AM

Major workers' comp reforms expand workers' rights

Employers and insurers will be banned from attending injured workers' medical appointments, under one of hundreds of provisions of a major Bill that completely rewrites Western Australia's workers' compensation laws, and implements the recommendations from a legislative review conducted nearly a decade ago.


FRI
11:52AM

THU
11:23AM

New debarment regime targets safety and IR breaches

Businesses that breach workplace safety, workers' compensation, employment or environmental laws in any jurisdiction or overseas can now be blocked from supplying goods, services or works to Western Australian agencies, under Australia's "first debarment regime".


THU
2:54PM

Blanket vaccine mandates, stop-bullying-and-harassment orders and other measures introduced

In a busy two days in the west, the State Government has mandated COVID-19 vaccines for most workers, extended emergency safety measures for the pandemic, introduced a major IR Bill with protections for bullied and s-xually harassed workers, and established a compensation scheme for medically retired police.


THU
1:39PM

New employer obligations included in draft injury Bill

More than seven years after a major review triggered the drafting process for new workers' comp laws in Western Australia, a Bill has finally been released for comment. It includes new requirements for labour-hire arrangements and pre-employment screening, and extends the step-down period for injured workers' payments.


TUE
1:41PM

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