On 30 April 2020, WorkSafe Victoria established the Workers’ Compensation Independent Review Service (WCIRS). What is it?
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Victoria Posted onWorkers’ Compensation Independent Review Service (WCIRS)
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Victoria Posted onNews Release: Alfred Occupational Respiratory Clinic
The new centralised clinic will provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of occupational respiratory diseases with an initial focus on silica-exposed stonemasons.
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If you’ve contracted COVID at work you may be entitled to WorkCover
In these unprecedented times you might be wondering about the legal consequences of what happens if you contract COVID at work and who is responsible. Read our blog to find out more.
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Posted onStood down or made redundant as a result of COVID-19? Find out how to protect your super and your insurance entitlements
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only been a global health crisis; it has severely affected the Australian economy due to reduced productivity, loss of life, business closures, trade disruption and the decimation of the tourism industry.
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Victoria Posted onHow do I know if I have suffered a serious injury?
Nowhere in the relevant Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) is a ‘serious injury’ explicitly defined. So how do we determined if you’re suffering a “serious injury”?
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Victoria Posted onDependency Claims
Partners and dependents of workers who die from a workplace injury or illness may have an entitlement to support and financial assistance. These entitlements are accessed through a WorkCover Dependency Claim.
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Posted onIs Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) covered by WorkCover?
Read our short guide to PTSD, what it is, the risks of PTSD in the workplace and how to claim WorkCover benefits for work-related PTSD.
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Victoria Posted onAre workers diagnosed with COVID-19 entitled to WorkCover Compensation?
There are many workers who have been or will be at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the nature of their employment. But is it a “work-related” illness?
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What happens to my super if I die? Superannuation death benefits explained
When you die, your superannuation account balance – together with any death insurance benefit that is part of your super – will be paid to your dependents. However, as a recent case in the media has demonstrated, this does not always occur.
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Posted onWhat is a Procedural Fairness Letter?
When an insurer intends on declining your TPD claim or Income Protection claim, they will send you a Procedural Fairness letter. But what should you do when you receive a Procedural Fairness letter?
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Victoria Posted onEasier and faster access to WorkCover Entitlements for those workers exposed to Silica
If you are or were exposed to respirable silica dust at work and have been diagnosed with silicosis with or without lung cancer and/or scleroderma you may be automatically entitled to WorkCover entitlements.
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Victoria Posted onStatutory maximum of over $630,000 achieved for one of our terminally ill WorkCover clients.
Zaparas Lawyers has assisted one of their terminally ill WorkCover occupational disease clients achieve the statutory maximum non-economic payment in the form of an impairment benefit of over $630,000. This is just one of a number of successful statutory maximum outcomes achieved in recent years for the firm’s terminally ill clients.
