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


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New WHS clauses delayed, as PTSD Bill introduced

The start dates for a range of new WHS clauses have been postponed in Western Australia, while a Bill providing presumptive compensation to certain workers with PTSD has been reintroduced in South Australia.



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Workplace injury Bill counters High Court ruling

An Amendment Bill curtailing injured workers' access to benefits, and reversing the effects of Supreme and High Court judgments, has helped contain the forecast hike in insurance premiums in South Australia, but constitutes a "betrayal" of workers, according to one party.



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RTW amendments hinge on full Supreme Court ruling

A former Federal Court judge has rejected submissions that a ruling in favour of a worker injured by opioid medication encourages a culture of litigiousness and sickness, but recommended that consideration be given to amending South Australia's Return to Work Act if the man's claim is upheld in upcoming proceedings.


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3:58PM

Inquiry demands "narrative" injury tests

Injured workers whose conditions aren't considered "serious", but who are unable to work, will have uncapped access to weekly benefits and medical expenses under a narrative test, if recommendations from a South Australian parliamentary inquiry are adopted.


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