20 articles are classified in All Articles > Legislation, regulation and caselaw > Workers' compensation legislation, regulations, standards and codes > Tasmania
> PTSD presumption commences ahead of legislative change in Tas; > Regulators target service station violence and issue EWP alert in WA; and > Workplace action plans encouraged for White Ribbon Day.
In another Australian first, Tasmania has cemented plans to provide presumptive workers' compensation to all public servants - and possibly private sector workers - with post-traumatic stress disorder, despite a review advising against legislative change.
> New safety bans with $1m fines receive assent in NSW; > ACT adopts final model WHS Regulations and extended "wiring rules"; > Workers' comp changes progress in ACT and Tas; and > Hazardous substances regulations commence in NZ today.
> High mine safety fines in doubt with upcoming Qld election; > ACT introduces new workers' comp fine and triples death benefits; > PTSD and anti-violence Bills introduced in Tas; and > New laws protect Vic emergency workers from cars used as weapons.
Work safety and workers' compensation amendments have passed Parliament in Queensland and Tasmania, while a NSW inquiry into the Dust Diseases scheme has made five recommendations amid growing concerns of a silicosis "epidemic".
Adversarial workers' comp schemes must be overhauled to ensure emergency services workers with PTSD don't have to battle insurers and non-independent doctors when they're at their most unwell, a paramedics union says.
> SWA reforms enable international collaboration; > Qld promotes new Wiring Rules and issues fatality alert; and > Anti-violence Bill defeated in Tas, but PTSD laws flagged.
> Essendon bans highlight OHS duties of clubs and players; > Ruling on workers' comp accruals applies to Tasmania; and > Safety management rules extended to all Tasmanian mines.
