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.…
Labour hire: You cannot contract out your legislative obligations
- May 22, 2020
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- Blog Post
- business, contractors, employers, insurance, penalties, workcover
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By Kathy Li There is a practice in the labour hire (labour hire/on hire) industry where labour hire organisations engage external payroll companies to facilitate payment to their contractors. In…
10 Mistakes Employers make with Workers’ Compensation
- May 19, 2020
- Simon Booth
- Blog Post
- brokers, employers, insurance, mistakes, Workers Compensation
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Workers Compensation is generally a company’s largest insurance premium. It is an extremely legislated and emotional insurance with different legislations, regulations and requirements in each state. Given this, I am…
Aegis’ Kathy Li spent seven years working in WorkSafe’s Premium department, assisting the regulator in driving in over $13Mil a year in additional premium and penalties through premium audits. Having…
BJS and Aegis RMS: assisting employers through COVID-19
- April 17, 2020
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- employers, insurance, support, Workers Compensation
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A month ago, I doubt any of us could have predicted the impact that a virus would have on Australian society. One of the most significant impacts of COVID-19 has…
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…