WorkCover is pleased to present their second Disability Action Plan DAP, to follow the first DAP launched in 2002. WorkCover values workplace diversity and aims to respond to the needs of their diverse customers through a skilled and capable staff. As with the previous plan, this plan continues to be...
Providing injured workers with the best possible recovery path and the most effective return to work programme is vital. WorkCover in South Australia identified early intervention as a key determinant of recovery rates, and sought to automate their internal and external processes to improve worker outcomes. The solution, known as...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Julie Cooper's letter Who will care for nurses in last month's journal prompted me to recall the late and early roster when I started nursing some 23 years ago. Nurses at that time also suffered...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Workers' Compensation is a big budget production but it needn't be a horror story if you have someone who knows the ropes. You need to become familiar with the main characters and their roles. They may include all or any of the following: ...
The ANF SA Branch has joined with union peak body SA unions in launching a campaign against the state Labor Government's plan to change WorkCover legislation. Injured workers will have their payments cut after 13 weeks to 80% of their...
Leading U.S. Provider of Claims and Risk Management Services Wins New Business From the VWA with the Addition of Prestigious WorkSafe Claims Account in Australia GREENWICH, Conn. -- Cambridge Integrated Services, a leader in innovative claims and risk management services, and subsidiary of Cambridge Solutions Ltd., announced today...
My back has been hurting for six weeks and I am sure that the pain was caused by handling some very heavy patients about six weeks ago. Can I still claim workers compensation? Yes you can, you should see your doctor and explain the injury. You should also...
Simone Roberts A MELBOURNE pharmacist has been fined for providing false information to WorkSafe Victoria. Erric Dimatos, of Bundoora Midnight Pharmacy, pleaded guilty to WorkCover offences in the Melbourne Magistrates Court earlier this month. The...
WORKCOVER NSW HAS LAUNCHED a new fact sheet, Establishing a Policy to Manage Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace. It serves as a step-by-step guide for small and medium-sized businesses to develop a policy for managing the misuse of drugs at work. Many sexual harassment claims result from...
Deborah Clarke, AIN at Booroongen Djugan Aboriginal Nursing Home, was threatened with disciplinary action. Deborah suspects this for standing up for safety at work. 'Staff at the facility suffer assaults, they do double shifts. We had no OHS committee. I tried to improve safety at the workplace by getting up...
Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints By Joan Acocella New York: Pantheon, 2007. 524 pages, hardcover $30. Joan Acocella--biographer of Mark Morris and Mikhail Baryshnikov, scholar of Vaslav Nijinsky and author Willa Gather, and, debatably, the liveliest American dance critic now at work--covers dance...
Byline: Tom Zed Jul 04, 2007 (The Advertiser - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A private workers' compensation scheme has saved money for South Australia's local governments. Over $A118 million has been saved via the scheme in the last 21 years, and close to...
WorkCover NSW has opened nominations for its annual Safe Work Awards, designed to encourage and recognise high standards of occupational health and safety in NSW workplaces. The awards acknowledge workplaces that have excelled in OHS and promote the need for focus and innovation in this area. ...
Byline: Sean Fewster Jun 20, 2007 (The Advertiser - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A South Australian Supreme Court judge has refused a litigant's request that he be excused from a promise to behave in court. Markham Moore-McQuillan, who has been litigating for a...
Byline: Ben Potter and Mark Skulley Jun 03, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New legislation in Victoria will affect big companies which have joined Comcare. The national workers' compensation scheme, under the umbrella of the Australian Government, is...
Mike Taylor THESuperannuation Complaints Tribunal SCT has warned trustees that distinct differences exist between the assessment of total and permanent disablement TPD claims for superannuation purposes and assessments for workers compensation. The SCT chairman, Graham McDonald, used the tribunal's...
New staff Julia Suban, Return to Work Project Officer ANF has appointed Julia Suban as the Project Officer for the ANF's three-year Return to Work Project for nurses injured or ill through work. ...
It is now more than one year since the Howard Government's industrial relations IR laws came into effect in March 2006. Anticipated fears of erosion of workers' rights have turned into a bleak reality for many Australian workers. One thousand...
May 28, 2007 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- WorkSafe Victoria has designed a safety campaign called Safer Work Zones. Chadstone Shopping Centre will be the first large retail centre to benefit from the campaign. Information packs have been sent to Chadstone retailers, who will...
Byline: Joe Catanzariti May 22, 2007 (Law Society Journal NSW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- In "McMartin v Newcastle Wallsend Coal", the Industrial Relations Commission upheld most of the original convictions. The original verdict of the New South Wales Industrial Court contained the...
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