Workers Compensation

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

The details are scarce, but there are plenty of stories. A quick Internet search reveals that there were two highly-publicised forklift accidents in the SydneyRead More »What to Do If You Are Injured by a Forklift at Work?

Workplace injuries take a serious toll not only on Australian employers and their employees, but also on the economy. As indicated by statistics gathered byRead More »The Most Common Workplace Injuries and What to Do About Them

Workers’ compensation claims can range from minor to extremely serious. The most recent statistics released by SafeWork Australia reveal that for the years 2016 andRead More »New Dispute Resolution Process for Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ Compensation for Slip on Construction Work Construction workers experience some of the most dangerous conditions of any workplace. In the course of their day-to-dayRead More »Workers’ Compensation for Slip on Construction Site

Like most areas of law, workers’ compensation involves serious time restrictions. These are made all the more serious by the potentially devastating long-term health effectsRead More »Time Limits for Workers’ Compensation Claims

Established in 2012, WIRO – the Workers Compensation Independent Review Office – is an independent statutory office. But what function does it serve and howRead More »What is WIRO?

In recent years, changes to relevant New South Wales laws made it difficult – if not impossible – for people whose work-related injuries worsened overRead More »Claiming Workers’ Compensation for Old Injuries – Is My Surgery Covered by Workers’ Compensation?

If you were hurt at work or you have been diagnosed with a work-related illness in New South Wales, you probably feel as if you’veRead More »WorkCover Have Rejected My Claim in NSW: What Can I Do?

For many Australian workers, dealing with a stressful workplace is par for the course. Tension with co-workers or supervisors, deadlines, difficult clients or customers andRead More »Psychological Trauma at Work: Can I Make a Claim in NSW?

A worker who is injured at work is entitled to compensation benefits including (subject to restrictions) payment of medical expenses, compensation for wage loss andRead More »Lodging a Worker’s Compensation Claim form – when and why? 

Apart from the payment of workers compensation, an employer has an obligation to rehabilitate the injured worker, including, where able, to facilitate the worker intoRead More »Can I be fired whilst on Workers Compensation?

Workplace incident at Barangaroo – Nervous Shock Claim Lawyers have represented vast numbers of plaintiffs in successful nervous shock claims pursuant to the NSW CivilRead More »Nervous Shock Claims