Meeting legislative Work Health & Safety (WHS) requirements with paper-based systems can be time-consuming and inefficient. Smart businesses look for ways to simplify safety management and reduce administrative effort. At ABILITY GROUP, we believe time should be spent constructively improving workplace safety, not wasted on manual processes. An online WHS system with integrated reminders streamlines compliance and allows businesses to focus on core activities.
Poor health is a key factor in the duration of a workers compensation claim. If an injured worker has other health issues these can impact the cost of the claim and quite often become intertwined with the claim resulting in increased costs and frustration for business owners who often feel they are not liable for external health issues. Raising awareness within the workplace may be the best place to start, start your employees thinking about being healthier and you will reap the benefits. ABILITY GROUP has been working with an Exercise Physiologist to implement health and wellbeing program within our own business and can assist you with practical solutions to help you find the best solution for your business.
Workers compensation injuries have personal and financial impacts for the injured employee as well as their employer. At times and depending on the circumstances, it can be difficult for businesses to create suitable duties and effectively manage this process. When such situations become increasingly frustrating for a business to manage, we occasionally get asked about the process of terminating injured employees.
This is a complex area and needs to be treated with a high degree of caution, sensitivity and consideration.
At ABILITY GROUP, we pride ourselves on helping clients achieve tangible results. Recently, our consultant identified a key initiative that delivered a remarkable $165,000 in savings for one of our valued clients.
In undertaking our review we commenced by investing time to meet with our new client and to obtain a detailed understanding of their business, workers compensation pain points as well as what outcomes they were ideally seeking.
We are increasingly finding situations where we need to engage the specialist assistance of our preferred investigators, Insight Intelligence, to minimise the business and financial impacts of workers compensation claims.
Inevitably due to circumstances in the workplace, launching an investigation to gather documented evidence from a claimant, witnesses or employer is required to assist in determining appropriate liability or actions required. Investigations can be either factual or surveillance in nature.
Previously we advised that the NSW Government predicted the latest WorkCover legislation changes would reduce workers compensation premiums. For some businesses, these changes however have actually resulted in higher 2014/15 renewal premiums.
The late re-issuance of the NSW WorkCover Insurance Premium Order has delayed renewal premiums and invoicing, leaving some businesses facing unexpected workers’ compensation increases. These costs can strain cash flow, but steps may be taken to reduce the impact.”
