The month of August marks the Tradies National Health Month, which is an initiative to highlight and raise awareness around the health, wellbeing and injury risks that affect tradies.
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Victoria Posted onWorld Day for Health and Safety at Work
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Victoria Posted onNational Safe Work Month
October is National Safe Work Month. This month, Zaparas Lawyers would like to highlight and acknowledge the extraordinary work all our frontline workers have done and continue to do to fight COVID-19.
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Victoria Posted onBullying at School – Can I make a Public Liability Claim?
In a recent article in the Herald Sun, ‘Ex-pupil sues over ‘bullying’ at school’ published on 5 September 2020 you were introduced to one of our clients, who had been the victim of repeated bullying during their senior high school years.
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Victoria Posted on1.25 Million Dollar Settlement During COVID-19 For Construction Worker and Young Dad
COVID-19 has changed the way we do things, but it hasn’t changed our commitment to our clients. Our compassion and drive for achieving the settlements our clients deserve remains unshaken.
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Posted onCoronial Inquest delivers charges over the 2016 theme park tragedy
Dreamworld’s parent company Ardent Leisure has been charged over the 2016 theme park tragedy that killed four people when the Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned at the theme park in Coomera.
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Victoria Posted onNew Victorian Workplace Manslaughter Laws
New workplace manslaughter laws were introduced to prevent fatalities in the workplace and to hold to account organisations and their officers with the power and resources to improve safety.
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Victoria Posted onWhat happens if you contract COVID-19 and who is responsible?
If you believe that a person, organisation or company has failed to comply with a government-issued restrictions or failed to take reasonable care and precaution and you have become infected with COVID-19 you may have claim against them.
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Posted onTop 3 Reasons to Contact a Public Liability Lawyer If Injured Out in Public
Have you recently been out in public and sustained an injury? This injury could be something as small as twisting your ankle after tripping over raised concrete on a footpath, to breaking a bone after slipping on a freshly mopped floor at your local shopping centre.
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Victoria Posted onA Firefighter’s Entitlements under WorkCover
Past and current firefighters are automatically entitled to WorkCover compensation under the presumption that their cancer was caused by their service, provided they meet certain criteria.
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Victoria Posted onWhen may an injured worker not be entitled to Workcover Compensation?
It’s common to want to know when an injured worker is entitled to workers’ compensation. But what about when an injured worker isn’t?
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Victoria Posted onWorksafe’s approach to Telehealth services of your treating doctors and specialists and providers, in light of COVID -19
In response to the strict social distancing measures currently imposed on Victorians, WorkSafe has introduced temporary item codes allowing medical practitioners, specialists, and providers, to deliver essential health services for injured workers, via telehealth.
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Victoria Posted onEarly release of superannuation in response to COVID-19 FAQs
In response to the significant impact and financial stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has recently announced changes to accessing superannuation. What do these changes mean?
