Following from the previous post, here is an article from the ABC website with more details highlighting the behaviour some of the Insurers engage in when dealing with Workers' entitlements. If you … [Read more...]
‘Immoral and unethical’: Ombudsman slams WorkCover scheme and WorkSafe
The Victorian Ombudsman has finalised its follow-up review from the 2016 investigation into the WorkCover scheme. Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, nothing much has changed from the 2016 … [Read more...]
WorkSafe: complex claims process needs fixing
Further to my previous post, here is the press release from the Ombudsman about its investigation into Victoria's workers' compensation scheme: WorkSafe: complex claims process needs … [Read more...]
WorkSafe system failing ‘particularly vulnerable people’: Ombudsman
Here is an article by Benjamin Preiss from The Age of 11 September 2016. The Ombudsman has investigated the WorkCover Insurers' practices and she was less than impressed. WorkSafe system failing … [Read more...]
WorkCover hurts rather than helps the injured: report
Here’s a recent article from The Age’s Nick Toscano about the treatment meted out to injured workers by Worksafe. These tales are unfortunately corroborated by the majority of my clients. If you are … [Read more...]
WorkSafe pays law firms bonuses to minimise victims’ payouts
Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker report in The Age on 26 December 2013 how WorkSafe prefers spending its money on lawyers defending workers’ claims rather than injured workers’ entitlements. No … [Read more...]
WorkSafe Victoria a habitual litigant, says chief judge
Here’s an article from today’s Age regarding Worksafe’s tactics of playing hard ball with workers’ entitlements. Apart from the fact that these proceedings delay payment of benefits to injured workers … [Read more...]
Compensation crackdown from WorkSafe Victoria
Here’s an interesting article by Lucille Keen from the Australian Financial Review from 7 August 2013 about Worksafe’s way of playing hard ball with workers in relation to their entitlements. If you … [Read more...]
PVYW v Comcare continued
I had previously written about this unusual case. The High Court of Australia today gave leave to Comcare to appeal this matter. Here’s the transcript of today’s article in The Age regarding … [Read more...]
Work-related injuries – Common law claims for negligence
Separately from your statutory WorkCover entitlements, you may in some circumstances bring a claim against your employer and/or a third party in relation to your injuries. These claims depend on you … [Read more...]