Articles
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31 October 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
Workers' WH&S obligations are not to be ignored
Workers also have a very important role to play in ensuring their own safety and that of others in the workplace.
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12 October 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
Court of Appeal explains connection between employment and injury
The Court held that the relevant test for determining the connection between employment and the injury is an objective one.
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28 August 2012
Work Health & Safety
Workers Compensation Update #4 - Changes to Industrial Deafness C…
These amendments apply to claims for lump sums where a "claim for compensation" was made on or after 19 June 2012.
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23 July 2012
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Update #1 - Which 2012 amendments are now op…
This update tells you when the various Schedules to the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012 commence.
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23 July 2012
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Update #2 - Lump Sum Impairment Claims
Changes to lump sum entitlements are outlined in Schedule 2 of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012.
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22 May 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
Work health and safety - are you liable? The High Court speaks
The new work health and safety laws are a hot topic for many businesses.
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11 April 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
The New Workplace Safety Laws: We Have Lifted Off!
For the first three months of this year, it?s been business as usual following the commencement on 1 January 2012 of the new NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
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01 September 2011
Workplace Law & Culture
Work Health and Safety Reforms: NSW employers must prepare for th…
Businesses should review work safety systems to align with the new laws.
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01 July 2010
Workers Compensation
Lump sum compensation for workplace injury - assessing impairment…
Cole v Wenaline Pty Limited considered how a previous injury should be taken into account.
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19 March 2010
Dust Diseases
The Smoking Gun: worker's compensation for lung cancer followng a…
The High Court recently had to consider a situation where a plaintiff had been exposed to asbestos, but was also a long-term smoker.
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10 March 2010
Work Health & Safety
Psychological injury in the workplace: fact finding is not discip…
We review Hobden v South East Illawarra Area Health Service.
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08 February 2010
Workplace Law & Culture
Is there an absolute obligation to guarantee safety in the workpl…
The duty to provide a safe workplace extends to hasty, careless, inadvertent and inattentive employees.
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17 June 2009
Work Health & Safety
Behind the veil of self-employment - how to calculate true residu…
The calculation of a self-employed worker's entitlements under section 40 is never straightforward.
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30 March 2009
Work Health & Safety
Jurisdiction of the Workers Compensation Commission: when is it a…
In this bulletin we review an interesting Court of Appeal decision which has implications for the jurisdiction of the Workers Compensation Commission.
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19 September 2008
Work Health & Safety
From the gatekeeper to the Court of Appeal - the role of the Work…
In this bulletin we review two recent Court of Appeal decisions which look at the roles of the WCC Registrar.
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04 August 2008
Workplace Law & Culture
The importance of comprehensive training & safety regime - manage…
The Industrial Court of NSW recently dismissed Occupational Health and Safety charges brought against a director and a manager of a corporation.
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25 June 2008
Work Health & Safety
Work injury damages threshold - recent case highlights the import…
For a worker to recover work injury damages there must be 15% whole person impairment (WPI) or more in respect of the work injury.
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06 March 2008
Work Health & Safety
WCC gives short shrift to WorkCover guideline on reactivated indu…
The guideline outlines a process for the investigation and determination of these claims with no lawyer involvement.