There should be no compensation for medically unnecessary absence
- May 29, 2023
- Simon Booth
- Blog Post
- compensation, employers, injury, medical, ombudsman, return to work, Workers Compensation
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By Simon Booth We live in age of predictive data. We have the ability to gather data in a certain area, over time, and use it to accurately predict outcomes.…
Review into icare reveals what the industry feared
- January 30, 2020
- Simon Booth
- Blog Post, Featured
- compensation, EML, employer, icare, premium, research, review, sira, Workers Compensation
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By Simon Booth Inconsistencies and Inadequacies in the NSW Workers’ Compensation Scheme. “While there have been some external factors that affected the deteriorating performance of the Nominal Insurer, the primary…
Double Standards and Biases: the Victorian Ombudsman’s Report into Complex Workers’ Compensation Claims
- January 10, 2020
- Simon Booth
- Blog Post
- agents, bias, compensation, deborah glass, employers, insurance, ombudsman, victoria, workcover, Workers Compensation, worksafe
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By Simon Booth In December, the Victorian Ombudsman released a report outlining findings from investigations into the management of complex workers’ compensation claims. I have read the report in its…
Reality TV contestant deemed a worker – wins claim for compensation
- October 29, 2019
- admin
- Blog Post
- channel seven, compensation, house rules, reality tv, seven, tv, workers comp
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Channel Seven has been ordered to pay compensation to a former reality show contestant over psychological injury suffered while filming the show House Rules. The New South Wales Compensation Commission…
Taking control of difficult claims
- August 10, 2019
- admin
- Blog Post
- claims, compensation, insurance, return to work, work safe, Workers Compensation
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By Annabel Rees, Businessary Managing Director Sometimes workers’ compensation claims don’t go the way employers might like. This is when it’s a good time to have a look at performance…