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Drew v QBE Insurance Australia – Local Court of NSW 2020/0012731
Interestingly a worker issued a Court Attendance Notice on QBE with respect to its failure to determine a claim in accordance with the Workplace Injury Management and Workers’ Compensation …
One of the first decisions to be published by the new Personal Injury Commission (PIC) in relation to a workers compensation claim for psychological injury was determined on 22 March 2021. The case, Green v Secretary, Department of Regional NSW…
When volunteer surf lifesaver Glen Roberts made a claim for a bad shoulder injury that he suffered on the job in 2017, his rehabilitation was undertaken by Rehab Co, an accredited workers compensation company which contracts with the state insurer, …
In New South Wales, it is compulsory for all employers (with a few exceptions) to have workers compensation insurance, unfortunately it doesn’t always apply to delivery and rideshare drivers. Independent contractors who work with a business rather than being employed …
Section 32A of the WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 defines a worker with highest needs as a worker whose injury has resulted in permanent impairment that has been assessed or the insurer has agreed is 31% or more.
A worker with …
The recent case of Barbosa v Rio Formwork Pty Ltd [2020] NSWWCC 17 before the NSW Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) presented some interesting questions about how we determine whether a worker’s employment was a “substantial contributing factor” in the cause …
In this case study the onus was on the worker to prove his back injury occurred as a result of negligence by the employer. Smith v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd t/as Coles Distribution Centre; Ready Workforce (A Division of …
The Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 (“the Act”) commences on 1 March 2021 and will create a single Tribunal for the resolution of workers compensation and motor accidents compensation personal injury disputes called the Personal Injury Commission.
The Personal Injury …
The case of disputed injury in Qantas Airways Ltd v Coleman [2020] NSWWCCPD 42 concerned a worker who did not discover the extent of his injury in the first instance.
Background
The worker was employed by Qantas as a long-haul …
It was shocking to learn earlier this year that the NSW State-owned worker’s compensation insurer, icare, had underpaid injured workers who had successfully made claims by up to $40 million. We were even more shocked and disappointed to learn just …
