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Being on workcover means losing control & with lack of control comes desperation

By on March 11, 2013 in Frustration & Violence, Psych, Ramblings & Whinges

The harsh reality few understand -and even fewer are willingly to express openly- is that when an injured worker is on the “system”, they start to lose control, and lack of control can often lead to desperation – and a desperate injured worker, “fed up” with the workcover system act out in different ways. Many [...]

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Tips for case managers managing “angry” injured workers

By on March 9, 2013 in Case manager (follies), Frustration & Violence, Nasty workcover employees

The workcover case manager profession is littered with, hum, “conflict” over many things, even the smallest of “things” right from the start, when a worker lodges a claim for a work injury. Yet, sadly, many case managers do not know how to properly diffuse a, ahum, “tense situation”, on the contrary;  from our injured and [...]

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A Grealy painful blow

By on December 6, 2012 in Compensation, Frustration & Violence, Media, News, Pain, Serious injury, Shame files, WorkCover, WorkCover NSW, Workplace injury, WorkSafe Vic, WTF

Another story of delay and stall from Workcover. This time the argument lies with which Workcover NSW or Victoria is going to take responsibility for the injured worker. As Luke Grealy struggles with healing from this disabling accident, Workcover is only concerned with red tape and where they they will pass the buck. NSW has [...]

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Comcare accused of willfully defying court orders – Colin Dunstan

By on November 26, 2012 in Comcare, Frustration & Violence

Letter-bomber Colin Dunstan has accused Comcare of ”wilfully defying” court orders and withholding thousands of dollars in compensation as it works out what he’s owed. In August the former Australian Taxation Office employee won his two-decade fight for compensation for depression he suffered after the breakdown of an office romance. Comcare accused of willfully defying [...]

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Workcover insurance bad faith negotiation tactics

By on August 18, 2012 in Compensation, Fraud & Abuse, Frustration & Violence, Insurance companies, Nasty workcover employees, Resources, WorkCover

Bad faith insurance practices occur when an insurance company knowingly and intentionally denies payment of a legitimate claim by using several different tactics. These tactics include failure to investigate claims promptly and thoroughly, delaying and underpaying claims, misinterpreting policy language, and failing to communicate honestly with the insurer regarding claims. A key word in bad [...]

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The first year after a medium to severe workplace injury

By on August 11, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Diary entries, Frustration & Violence, Psych, Serious injury, WorkCover, WTF

Further to John McPhilbin’s article about the Cycle of Despair, the model that we  all believe offers a fairly accurate representation of what many injured workers are forced to endure in the dysfunctional workers compensation system, I’d like to briefly resummarise an article we posted on our forum about what a medium to severe injured [...]

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Cycle of despair: Many injured workers become trapped in a never ending cycle of neglect and abuse

By on August 10, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Compensation, Corruption, Fraud & Abuse, Legislation, Serious injury

We have been working on a model that we believe offers a fairly accurate representation of what many injured workers are forced to endure in dysfunctional workers compensation systems.  This model titled ‘Cycle of Despair’ is based on our survey results and many hours of of in-depth interviews with injured workers along with reviews of [...]

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What’s worse than being bullied in your workplace? Making a complaint about it.

By on July 28, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Compensation, Frustration & Violence

The IWSN received an email yesterday from Luke Williams  (Luke is a freelance journalist studying law at Monash University, who is now concentrating on issue analysis and investigative journalism). Luke alerted us us to an article he had published with ABC News.   The article highlights the reality behind hostile work environments and how poorly [...]

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Nurses put up with head butting, knives, spitting, throwing urine documents reveal

By on July 18, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Frustration & Violence, nurses, OH&S, WorkCover

Not only did a recent study reveal that abuse by patients is considered “part of the job“, but patients brandishing knives, head butting nurses, spitting at doctors and throwing urine on hospital staff are among daily incidents in the state’s health system, documents reveal. Health workers through all hospitals, nursing homes and health care facilities [...]

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Nurses feel they must accept violence as part of their job, study shows

By on July 17, 2012 in Frustration & Violence, nurses, OH&S, WTF

We came across this most interesting, recent South Australian study into violence at the Lyell McEwin Hopsital, which found that nurses do not always report [violent] incidents because they feel nothing will be done, or that they will be victimised by their managers!  In my opinion, as a violently assaulted nurse, I believe that violence [...]

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Firefighters across NSW are flagging the biggest strikes since 1956

By on June 21, 2012 in Corruption, Frustration & Violence, Unions, WorkCover NSW

Someone has to put this insane fire out! I predict many more will join the strike action in coming weeks if the fire isn’t put out shortly.  I know I’ll be there. Firefighters across NSW are flagging the biggest strikes since 1956 as the state’s upper house continued debate on reining in WorkCover. Firefighters across [...]

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Employer gets off Scot free for causing worker a permanent injury-a story

By on May 10, 2012 in Common Law, Compensation, Frustration & Violence, Shame files, Stories, WorkCover NSW

Yesterday aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received a share-your story from a very brave and courageous, but frustrated injured worker wishing to share his experience with our sick workers compensation system. As is often the case, his employer (Railcorps) gets off Scot free for causing him a permanent injury, the lawyers get their money, and the injured, suffering worker [...]

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A gut-wrenching injured worker’s story of extreme bullying by Xchanging and plea for help

By on April 27, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Case manager (follies), Fraud & Abuse, Frustration & Violence, Nasty workcover employees, Psych, Shame files, Stories, Xchanging

aworkcovervictimsdiary.com just received a gut-wrenching email from a very aggrieved injured worker, alleging extreme bullying, harassment, intimidation and falsifying of material by Xchanging… This letter may cause significant distress to readers, discretion is advised. Please, please help us support this injured worker in any way possible. Dear Sir / Magistrate I have the matter listed [...]

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Vic workers rally against Workcover ‘raid’

By on March 29, 2012 in Frustration & Violence, Media, News, Politics, Unions, WorkCover, WorkSafe Vic

Unbeknownst to us (and many injured workers!), about 300 Victorian Tradeshall Union workers rallied against WorkCover raid today! Vic workers rally against Workcover ‘raid’ Sandra Oakley was a district nurse when a lower back injury forced her to stop work more than a decade ago. Workcover covered her recovery costs over six months, but she [...]

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Fighting workcover and with an unsupportive spouse – what to do?

By on March 23, 2012 in Diary entries, Frustration & Violence, Psych, Tips & Tricks, WorkCover

Let’s face it, workcover victims often face – and fight- battles [and wars] on multiple fronts. You have to fight and battle with your workcover case manager and with your employer. Injured workers also need to fight with their own body to try and heal, they often need to fight with their doctors and go [...]

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Frustrated and abused to death by workcover: a landmark legal case

By on March 19, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Frustration & Violence, Legal cases, WorkCover

This workers compensation landmark legal case asserts the causal relationship between psychological symptoms and links those symptoms to the physical injuries (and unfortunately death in this tragic case) and the claim for compensation for those injuries (and death). Since that time, it has been well recognised in this jurisdiction that an injury can set in train [...]

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