Tag: workers compensation
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Do you need treatment for a work related injury?
Have you put in a workers compensation for medical treatment, then heard nothing for several months? It’s a common story. An injured worker may need ongoing treatment, including surgery, years after being injured at work. The injured worker’s doctor sends a letter to the workers compensation insurer, and then….nothing. All lines of communication seem to…
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Workers Compensation for Bullying and Harassment!
Workers Compensation Claims for Bullying and Harassment are on the rise. Did you know that the Central Coast has the second highest number of Workers Compensation Claims in NSW for psychological injuries, the second highest for back injuries and the fourth highest for should injuries. These figures have been released by the Workers Compensation Commission…
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Are your workers compensation weekly payments about to be cut?
Section 39 of the Workers Compensation Act (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wca1987255/s39.html) is going to start cutting off injured workers from receiving workers compensation weekly payments in 2017. Have you received a letter from your insurer, telling you your workers compensation weekly payments are going to stop later this year? You’re not the only one. Around 6,500 injured workers…
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Obesity in the workplace!
Obesity in the Workplace can lead to Workplace Compensation Claims (Workers Comp). To find out where you stand call Peter Moore on freecall 1800 087 934
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Intimate lunch breaks could give rise to Workers Compensation Claims!
A community representative in a Scandinavian country has recommended to his Council that workers should be allowed to go home to be intimate!
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Injured at work? – Workers Compensation
Have you been injured at work and thought to yourself ‘I can only make a Workers Compensation Claim‘? Injured people may also have other rights which are more generous than Workers Compensation entitlements that only workers compensation lawyers can explain. An employee who is injured on a work site that is not owned by the employer may have a claim…