aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received an anonymous email from an injured worker who kindly shared two warning letters by his/her lawyer with regards to the dangers of using social media whilst you have a work injury claim running.
Workcover claim and the use of social media – a lawyer’s warning
We have said, posted, blogged and whinged about it a million times -If you use social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc, you need to be very careful how you use these websites whilst your claim is running!
Workcover and Social media warning letter
The injured worker received the following letter from his lawyers:
The injured worker also wishes to let everyone know that you can use lookpic to anonymously upload pictures (such as those documents-they were shared via lookpic).
Also re-read our post about how you can protect your ID online 
For more interesting reads about surveillance, simply type the keyword “surveillance” in the search box (in the right hand side sidebar) and wait for the results to appear (blue box). Also check out our tips and tricks, there are some surveillance tips.
Example of a good read re surveillance and social media:
Workcover spies on injured workers via social media, ebay and even GPS!
Shortlink: http://aworkcovervictimsdiary.com/?p=7732
There are many genuine stories about workcover employees and case managers posing as “friends” to access your social media pages, such as Facebook. Someone even posted a tip re an entirely fake Facebook site in SA, set up by workcover employees, posing as injured workers, just to “befriend” genuine injured workers and to try and gain access to some “information” (which could be held against them) about those injured workers. Innocent questions are posed, i.e. “what did you do today?”; “been gardening, what about you?”… etc. It’s DISGUSTING!
As we’ve posted previously workcover insurers will even hold complaint letters you allegedly wrote against you, and state that if you’re able to write a complaint letter, you should be able to hold down a desk job! Same with “blogging” or writing paragraphs on your Facebook page! Fully SICK!
Perhaps it is time to reverse the roles and to start “befriending” case managers and workcover employees on their social pages
Again, further evidence that ALL CLAIMS are treated as fraudulent!
The workcover legislation was put in place by the government allegedly for the victims of workcover. It is not until AFTER you or a loved one is injured, that you realise how unjust and truly corrupt the system really is.
We, THE VICTIMS, are treated worse than CRIMINALS.
PRISONERS, pedophiles, murderers and even serial killers have more rights than we have.
Over my seven year hell I have often thought that I would be better off committing a crime resulting in jail time so that I would receive the medical, rehabilitation and psychological support that I not only deserve but REQUIRE.
Every step of my hell through the convoluted, bureaucratic and most corrupt workcover system has been a constant battle for treatment and support that I – once upon a time, so naively thought -I was entitled to.
I have NOT yet met ONE workcover victim that can honestly state that they have NOT been treated worse than a criminal!
I know, because I have fought and am fightling the system, and know more than the average workcover victim about the legislation and what to use, yet I still do NOT have enough support – and I am still fighting for myself and for what I believe EVERY workcover victim should automatically be offered.
It is a CRIME the way the insurance companies (aka agents of WorkSafe, such as Xchanging, Allianz, CGU, Gallagher Bassett, GIO, QBE), Workcover and Worksafe exploit us and waste hundreds of thousands of dollars weekly fighting AGAINST paying for medical care, diagnostic tests, rehabilitation and aides to assist workcover victims, instead of using this TAX PAYERS money to ensure victims (and their families) have ALL the support they require to help them become as independent as possible.
Also read http://aworkcovervictimsdiary.com/2011/09/tell-me-why-is-it-that-criminals-get-better-treatment-than-injured-workers/
A response to “why injured workers are being treated like criminals”…
Well, sure, but how about leaving injured workers to ROT and give them a death sentence too by denying them basic care (such as MRI, surgery!)??? Most injured workers on weekly payments are poverty stricken and as such also totally “marooned”!
We urge all injured workers to add the following legal disclaimer to their Facebook (and/or other social media) page(s):
Names of injured workers, dates, injuries or images of injured people may not reflect current and/or accurate information and may not be relied upon as evidence in a court of law. Any information provided by any injured worker is to be considered non factual and, again, may not be relied upon in a court of law.
We did the same
http://aworkcovervictimsdiary.com/forum-workcover/facebook/