New systems in place to catch compensation cheats; and NBN update
New systems in place to crack down on workers' comp fraudsters; and Poor subcontractor supervision and training records identified by NBN review.
New systems in place to crack down on workers' comp fraudsters; and Poor subcontractor supervision and training records identified by NBN review.
The South Australian Government today will formerly introduce its workers' comp cancer Bill for career firefighters, which, unlike a nearly identical Greens Bill currently before Parliament, provides no cover for the State's 13,500 firefighting volunteers. Also in this article, Unions NSW has declared today "Fair Go for Workers' Compensation Day".
A NSW worker has been awarded $1.3 million in damages for injuries sustained in a forklift incident, after the District Court found his employer and the forklift operator failed to ensure the vehicle was driven safely in a "tight working environment".
Workers' comp case studies provided by WorkCover NSW to the Government and the media in early 2012 - for the alleged purpose of "maligning" injured workers to justify overhauling the scheme - contained enough personal information to identify at least one of the individuals referred to, a tribunal has ruled in a privacy dispute.
Nominations for the 2013 work health and safety awards have opened in NSW. Also in this article, OHS Alert points readers to new safety alerts, publications and other resources from NSW, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and the Commonwealth jurisdiction.
A Victorian worker who was subjected to passive smoking at work in the 1980s, and diagnosed with emphysema in 2010, has been given the green light by the Court of Appeal to sue her former employer.
The Federal Government's FWA Amendment Bill has passed through the House of Representatives, but its bullying provisions have been delayed for six months. Queensland workers' comp changes have also passed through Parliament.
A Westpac employee who was bullied and called "Scabby Abby" by colleagues has been awarded workers' compensation, after the Queensland IRC found one manager lied about the worker's performance, and another failed to act on her harassment complaints.
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