Articles
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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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09 November 2010
Workplace Law & Culture
To accrue or not to accrue? That is the $36 million question on a…
In 2008-09 weekly compensation payments in NSW exceeded $468 million.
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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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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.
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05 February 2008
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: pain and suffering threshold and multiple i…
We discuss Department of Juvenile Justice v. Edmed [2008] NSW WCC PD 6 (18 January 2008).
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10 December 2007
Work Health & Safety
Court says no to NSW police officers' workers compensation claim…
Both officers alleged Railcorp and State Rail owed them a duty of care under section 32 of the NSW Civil Liability Act 2002.
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20 July 2007
Work Health & Safety
Death of a worker at a workplace social function not in the cours…
We discuss Haider v JP Morgan Holdings Aust Limited trading as JP Morgan Operations Australia Limited (2007) NSW.
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19 April 2007
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: High Court decision on employer's obligatio…
In this bulletin we look at a decision of the High Court that may have a significant impact on employers and insurers and employer?s obligations to take out 'State insurance?.
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30 November 2006
Work Health & Safety
Medical Reports - Revisited: workers compensation & the claims ma…
We discuss Oz Cabs Pty Limited v Boadu [2005].
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27 October 2006
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: approved medical specialist certificates ch…
Since 2002 disputed impairment claims have been determined via approved medical specialist (AMS) assessment.