WorkCover NSW reveals 2014-15 premium rates; SA Independents to determine future of cancer compensation laws; and Maximum workers' comp payments increasing in WA.
Employers can take a number of steps to eliminate workers' comp fraud and drive down their premiums, including checking injured workers' social media pages, Comcare says.
Queensland employers will pay the lowest average workers' comp premiums in the country from 1 July, with WorkCover slashing the rate by 17 per cent. The agency has also introduced two initiatives to help businesses understand and pay their premiums.
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Western Australia is expected to introduce model WHS Bills for general industry and for the resources sector by September, while the State's average workers' comp premium rate will fall for the second year in a row on 1 July.
Employer wins first stage of cancer compensation dispute; WorkCover Qld explains best way to reduce compensation costs; and WorkSafe ACT targets workers' comp policy breaches.
The number of workers' comp claims lasting longer than two weeks has dropped "significantly" in South Australia in recent months, but the State's high premium rates won't fall without legislative reform, according to WorkCover SA chief executive Greg McCarthy.
