Browsing: Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (VIC) | Page 1

• New injury definitions to trigger litigation in Vic; and
  
• WHS barrister announced as IRC President in restored NSW regime.

A controversial Bill cutting injured workers' benefits in Victoria has passed Parliament under a deal that will freeze employer premiums for at least a year.

• Category-3 fine of $100k imposed after notices ignored; and
  
• New workers' comp regulations coming to Vic.

• NSW releases WHS tips for Xmas stress, reviews more Codes;
  
• Assessment tool encouraged in NT's draft psychosocial Code; and
  
• Vic injury Bill passes LA without premium-freeze proposal.

Workers' comp claims for "stress" and "burnout" are being axed in Victoria, with the State Government acting on its May 2023 plan to fix the "broken" compensation scheme by cutting benefits.

• PCBUs told how to comply with new WHS-stye positive duty; and
  
• Workers' comp Bill covers female-specific diseases in Vic.

A regulator could be empowered to overturn the decisions of companies self-insured against workplace injuries, with the Victorian Ombudsman finding the system is "patchy and unequal", and highlighting a case where a worker who was entitled to $75,000 was offered a $2,000 settlement.

• Burnout benefits axed and premiums up under Vic overhaul;
  
• Employer faces $200k penalty under blood monitoring charges; and
  
• WHS training deadline approaching in ACT.

• Workplace flu jabs advised ahead of "horror" season; and
  
• Female-specific cancers added to presumptive workers' comp laws.

Employers will be required to report safety "near misses" and incidents involving infectious diseases to a workplace safety regulator, under new Victorian laws that also increase the benefits available to workers with silicosis and similar conditions.