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?
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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?
Most Australians know that they can file a workers compensation claim if they get hurt on the job. But did you know, that mayRead More »Injured at Work? Don’t Forget About Your Superannuation Fund
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?
Everyone knows that if you are injured whilst at work you are entitled to compensation to help offset the costs of your injuries. Likewise, ifRead More »Injured While Volunteering? Can You Receive Compensation?
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
I hope for your sake that you never have to be cross-examined; it is never an easy or pleasant experience. Questions are often confusing andRead More »Cross-Examination: Making Life Easier in the Witness Box
Permanent impairment benefits and the High Court decision of Goudappel. The good, bad and the ugly… On 16 May 2014 the High Court of Australia fullRead More »Permanent Impairment Benefits And The High Court Decision Of Goudappel
Workers Compensation Update Your rights for Compensation for Permanent Impairment – Case note: Gaudappel v Adco Constructions Pty Ltd (2013) NSW CA 94 Traditionally, theRead More »Court of Appeal Decision on Worker’s Right to Lump Sum Payment
Scott Hall-Johnston, a partner at Beilby Poulden Costello, recently represented a woman who suffered an injury in the course of her work. The Facts: TheRead More »Worker Receives Compensation Prior to Stabilisation of All Injuries