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Injured worker collapsed after “performance management” meeting – horror story

By on May 14, 2013 in Bullying & Stress, Stories, Stress Claims

In this very disturbing story, an injured worker collapsed following, what appears, an outrageous “performance management” meeting and had to be rushed to hospital.The injured worker sought legal advice and was basically told that its just not worth pursuing a psychological/stress work cover claim as it is unlikely that it will get approved and s/he [...]

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What if an injured worker resigns in the heat of the moment?

By on May 13, 2013 in Employment, Resources, unfair dismissal

Further to injured worker “Will”‘s story, alleging that his employer and his workcover insurer falsely claimed he had resigned from his employment, we undertook a little more research into resigning, and learned that resigning “in the heat of the moment” is not (always) deemed a “resignation”. Industrial tribunals have found that “words said in the [...]

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Workcover stress claims and reasonable administrative action

By on May 13, 2013 in Bullying & Stress, Legal cases, Stress Claims

Further to the new proposed anti-bullying laws, which would include clarification as to what bullying is not – that is, reasonable management action carried out in a reasonable manner is not bullying – we dug up a few interesting, recent legal cases to illustrate what Tribunals and Courts currently deem what is reasonable or unreasonable [...]

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New proposed anti-bullying laws: changes to FairWork Act

By on May 12, 2013 in Bullying & Stress, Legislation

Not long ago, The Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 proposed amendments to the current Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act) in an attempt to address workplace bullying. New proposed anti-bullying laws The proposed amendments include: Allowing workers who believe that they have been bullied at work to have their grievances heard in the Fair [...]

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No need for pain medication – workers compensation denied!

By on May 12, 2013 in Comcare, Legal cases, Pain, WTF

In this -painful- legal case, an injured worker has been denied workers compensation for a manual handling injury sustained at Australia Post, after it was found she was not taking medication for pain relief! OMG! No need for pain medication – workers compensation denied! Background of the case A courier driver for Australia Post sustained [...]

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Injured worker aggravates work injury after fall at home – weekly pay ceased!

By on May 10, 2013 in Stories, WorkSafe Vic

“Carefactor 0″ is a Victorian-based  injured worker, who suffered a severe cervical spine (neck) injury at work, for which she underwent surgery but is left with ongoing motor issues affecting her upper and lower limbs. One of her main issues, apart from ongoing pain, is that she has difficulty walking due to residual weakness in [...]

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WorkCover NSW average premiums cut by 7.5 per cent

By on May 9, 2013 in Premiums, WorkCover NSW

According to the NSW Government website, The NSW Government has announced 167,000 employers will benefit from an average reduction to WorkCover premiums of 7.5 per cent, saving them more than $200 million a year. WorkCover NSW average premiums cut by 7.5 per cent The following “article” was posted on the NSW Government page on 1 [...]

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Workcover case managers listen to background noise when phoning injured workers – WTF

By on May 8, 2013 in Case manager (follies), Surveillance, Tips & Tricks, WTF

A former workcover case manager recently told us that they are told to listen for “background noise” when phoning  injured workers, in order to listen for “clues” that the injured worker is “undertaking” some activity or hobby! WTF! We nearly fell over when we heard that phone conversations are encouraged by workcover insurance companies, as [...]

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Faulty assumptions only adds insult to injured workers

By on May 7, 2013 in workcover forum, WTF

We have recently been trolling the net looking for various injured workers’ forums and more hard evidence of the abuses and insults inflicted upon injured workers, by pretty sick workcover insurance companies and draconian workers compensation laws. While we found many “hidden” such forums, packed with horrible stories from ill-treated injured workers; we have also [...]

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Surveillance video shows effective short term treatment – not deceit!

By on May 6, 2013 in Legal cases, Shame files, Surveillance

We’re  not giving up and (will) continue to discredit the use of the very costly and wasteful surveillance by workcover (Authorities, insurers, self-insurers and employers) of injured workers, portraying them as fraudulent malingerers. Again, let’s set some records and “gotcha” surveillance facts straight, given that workcover, their agents and the media seem to conveniently “forget” [...]

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Assault on injured workers – more evidence and concern S.I.A

By on May 5, 2013 in Articles & Research, WorkCover, Workers compensation

Further to our article  titled “Injured workers are humiliated and disrespected – NSW Study“which found that the workcover claims process is tarnished by a complete lack of information and humiliating and disrespectful treatment of injured workers by claims officers (case managers); our own injured experiences and all the evidence gathered through our interaction with injured [...]

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Injured workers are humiliated and disrespected – NSW Study

By on May 4, 2013 in Articles & Research, WorkCover NSW, Workers compensation

Further to our recent article “Workcover compensation schemes impede recovery from injury“, featuring one of the largest Australian studies -undertaken at Monash (VIC)- which found that workers compensation schemes impede recovery from injury, we continued to look for Australian studies about injured workers and found another important study conducted in NSW, titled Injured workers” experiences [...]

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Government plan to make Comcare best practice model

By on May 3, 2013 in Comcare

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten announced on 2 May plans to make Comcare best practice for work health and safety and rehabilitation. Government plan to make Comcare best practice model Thursday 2 May 2013 Media Release The Hon Bill Shorten MP (Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Financial Services and Superannuation) Visiting [...]

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Injured workers NSW rally to the cause on 5 May

By on May 3, 2013 in Events & Meetings, WorkCover NSW

ORGANISERS of this week’s Mayday Rally are expecting 2000 people to march down Summer Street in protest of state government’s funding cuts. The march will be led by the wrecked utility of James Cantrill, who was one of the first people in NSW to be affected by changes to workers’ compensation laws that meant he [...]

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Compensation NSW change is a win for injured workers – we urge eligible injured workers to lodge lumpsum claims

By on May 2, 2013 in Compensation, WorkCover NSW

The recent successful unprecedented landmark legal case RONALD GOUDAPPEL Vs Adco Constructions has been welcomed as a big win for injured workers in NSW. We can only hope that many more injured workers and their legal teams will continue to challenge the most evil, draconian workcover laws… which basically stipulate that if you’re injured after [...]

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Workcover NSW changes will hurt injured workers and their families

By on May 2, 2013 in Media, Politics, Premiums, WorkCover NSW

WorkCover changes are hurting injured workers and their families big time! Shame on the O’Farrell Government for misleading the public. The O’Farrell Government is happy to crow about a reduction to workers compensation premiums, but they refuse to admit that their gift to the business community has been paid for by the suffering of thousands [...]

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Vic Premier Naphtine called building workers safety march a disgrace

By on May 1, 2013 in News, OH&S, WorkSafe Vic

More than 5,000 construction workers stopped work to march through Melbourne’s CBD to highlight concerns over safety standards on construction company Grocon’s work sites. Premier Denis Napthine called the march a “disgrace”! Building workers down tools for safety protest Protestors held a minute of silence at the CUB site on Swanston Street, where Melbourne siblings [...]

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Workcover surveillance fails to prove famous gotcha fraud, breached Act

By on May 1, 2013 in Legal cases, Surveillance, WorkCover SA

We, seriously injured workers, continue to find it alarming that so many people in the community continue to question the “genuine” status of injured workers. The media obviously has a large role to play by reinforcing the stereotype of injured workers as fraudulent malingerers, even though research has proven over and over again that injured [...]

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