Workplace accidents in New South Wales (NSW) can result in both physical and psychological injuries. If you’ve experienced both as a result of the sameRead More »Can You Claim Permanent Impairment for Both Physical and Psychological Injuries from the Same Workplace Accident in NSW?
When it comes to workplace injuries, navigating the workers’ compensation system can be challenging. However, for individuals on working visas or those without Australian citizenship,Read More »How does my visa or citizenship status affect my workers compensation rights?
If you get injured at work, the NSW’s workers compensation scheme ensures you receive some financial and medical support, covering your medical bills and lostRead More »What are my workers compensation rights if I leave Australia?
Employees in New South Wales, Australia, who find themselves unable to work due to illness or injury often rely on sick leave to maintain financialRead More »The Status of Sick Leave Reinstatement After Lodging a Workers’ Compensation Claim in New South Wales
Life can be difficult after you’re injured at work. From driving to dropping the kids at school, basic daily tasks can become a lot moreRead More »Can you Request Domestic Assistance While on Workers’ Compensation?
Suffering a workplace injury can be a harrowing experience – recovering and rehabilitating can be gruelling enough without also worrying about whether you may loseRead More »Can Your Employment be Terminated After Suffering a Workplace Injury?
While recovery from a physical injury suffered by a person at work is relatively easy to demonstrate and assess, getting better and returning to workRead More »Using Workplace Facilitated Discussions to Improve Outcomes for People With Work-related Psychological Injuries
Vicarious Trauma Many of us work stressful jobs… but some jobs are more stressful than others. Doctors, nurses, police officers and social workers are someRead More »What is Vicarious Trauma?
Injuries at work can take many forms. The injury could be physical, psychological or a combination of both but because it occurred at work, itRead More »Suing Your Employer Due to Negligence
Deafness is a major concern for Australians working in industrial workplaces such as factories, the mining industry, and many trades. Industrial deafness is often causedRead More »Experienced hearing loss or deafness from working in an industrial workplace? You may be eligible for an Industrial Deafness Claim.
By their very nature, building sites are some of the most dangerous places to work. According to Safe Work Australia statistics, 182 people were killedRead More »Construction Site Claims – What Can I Claim?
Workers Compensation Workers compensation is often referred to as the “no-fault” scheme. A worker is entitled to bring a claim for statutory workers compensation whenRead More »What is the difference between a workers compensation claim and work injury damages claim?
Before the advent of the concept of workers’ compensation, a family could be pitched into poverty and ruin if the main breadwinner was killed whileRead More »Compensation Claims When a Loved One Dies Due to a Workplace Injury
Society now has a much better understanding of mental health issues than it once did. We have a better understanding of the effect that harassment,Read More »What You Need to Know About Psychological Injury, A Common Workers’ Compensation Claim
The NSW workers’ compensation scheme provides a tiered system of compensation; the more serious your injury, the longer your entitlement to compensation. In assessing theRead More »How does my Whole Person Impairment impact on my workers’ compensation rights?
Dust diseases are lung conditions caused by inhaling certain products which can be in a form of powder or dust. Most often, dust diseases areRead More »I have been Diagnosed with a Dust Disease Due to Exposure at Work. What are My Entitlements?
If you’re self-employed and are injured at work, many people are unclear whether they can make a workers’ compensation claim or not. The answer toRead More »Work Injury Claims by Self-Employed People
When COVID-19 entered Australia and social restrictions became the norm, it forced many New South Wales employees to work from home. It is likely thatRead More »What Happens if I’m Injured While Working from Home?
Bullying or harassment are rightly considered unacceptable practices in any part of society but what are your options for dealing with this behaviour if youRead More »Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace – What Can You Do?
While we should all be thankful that Australian states each have a workers’ compensation scheme to cover those injured on their way to or from,Read More »How Are Workers’ Compensation Claims Assessed in New South Wales