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Humanity is not understood by Q-Comp: Gary Jibson fights for workers comp

By on March 7, 2013 in Q-Comp, Shame files, WorkCover QLD, WTF

“Humanity” is something that is not exercised nor understood by the workcover insurance companies, and  Gary Jibson is sadly living proof of that. Gary is a rural fire volunteer who lost his wife and two children in the 2011 Grantham floods (QLD) is now in a legal battle for workers compensation to fund his treatment [...]

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The Scheme: Film-maker wants to bring WorkCover policies and its insurers into the 21st century by exposing issues in a documentary

By on November 9, 2012 in Allianz, Articles & Research, Case manager (follies), CGU, Compensation, Corruption, GIO, Insurance claims, Insurance companies, IWSN, Media, Medical Exam (IME), Medical Panel, Nasty workcover employees, Permanent impairmemt, Politics, Premiums, Psych, Q-Comp, QBE, Serious injury, Shame files, Stories, Whislteblowing, WorkCover, WorkCover ACT, workcover forum, WorkCover NSW, WorkCover QLD, WorkCover SA, WorkCover Tas, WorkCover WA, Workers compensation, Workplace death, Workplace injury, WorkSafe Vic, Xchanging

 According to studies still being conducted at RMIT University, Australia’s worker’s compensation scheme is fast becoming one of the worst in the developed world. We received an interesting email from RMIT film student and WorkCover Victim, Kris Vanston, who was responsible for putting together a great piece on‘toxic’ WorkCover Systems. Kris is now seeking stories from [...]

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Dear Insurer, I don’t like doing business with vultures…

By on October 16, 2012 in Allianz, CGU, GIO, Insurance companies, Letters & Complaints, Q-Comp, QBE, Xchanging

Insurance companies have fingers in many pies, and the same pack of vultures who are making a killing off the plight of injured workers will stop at nothing to win your business.  They have cover for all occasions such as house, house contents, CTP Green slips, comprehensive vehicle insurance, income protection etc. We have listed [...]

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Welcome to Workover Week

By on October 10, 2012 in Allianz, CGU, GIO, Insurance companies, OH&S, Politics, Q-Comp, QBE, Return to work, Shame files, Stuff, WorkCover, WorkSafe Vic, Xchanging

Welcome to Workcover Week Hi all my fellow injured workers. According to the Workover, we injured workers only need our resilience built to stop us being injured in the workplace and taking too much time off work. I have booked the following sessions for Worksafe Week, but find I am only able to go to [...]

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WorkCover Queensland status review: misleading?

By on August 24, 2012 in Q-Comp, WorkCover QLD, WTF

Thanks to our co-warrior Trinny, it has come to our attention that WorkCover Queensland has released a status review and that according to the review, the scheme is absolutely perfect and all rosy. This is, of course, contradictory to recent submissions, in particular those from [ex]police officers, and to the well hidden upcoming inquiry into [...]

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Bullying in police workforce: former cop gives evidence

By on August 24, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Q-Comp, WorkCover QLD

A PROSTITUTION taskforce was shut down after investigating a state government minister who was allegedly using Gold Coast call girls, a court has been told. Veteran former Coast police officer Al Colefax made the claim yesterday at a hearing into allegations of bullying and harassment in the Queensland Police Service. Bullying in police workforce: former [...]

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Meaningless attempt at mediation after termination of injured worker unreasonable

By on August 2, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Legal cases, Q-Comp, WorkCover QLD

In this interesting legal case, The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC)  overturned Workcover QLD’s (Q-COMP) rejection of an injured worker’s stress claim, finding that the employer’s “meaningless” attempt at mediation after it had decided to dismiss her and its additional requirement for an apology after the injured worker had agreed to its request, were unreasonable [...]

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Workplace investigation goes awry and causes psych injury

By on July 6, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Legal cases, Q-Comp, WorkCover QLD

Further to yesterday’s horrible story about how a WorkSafe inspector conducted herself when an injured worker asked for an investigation into workplace bullying, we dug a little deeper and stumbled on this legal case whereby an investigator accused a worker of being in a homosexual relationship with the manager! The worker said the accusation was [...]

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An injured workers nightmarish story and plea for help

By on May 18, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Q-Comp, Stories, WorkCover QLD

Yesterday, a workcovervictimsdiary recieved yet another nightmarish story and plea for help from a psychologically injured worker [S] who is dealing with Q-Comp in Queensland.”Can anyone tell me how the heck I can get these people to award a fair weekly rate of pay for my sick pay as I am going out of my [...]

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