by AG Admin | Apr 7, 2025 | Claim management, Work Health & Safety, Workers Compensation
At ABILITY GROUP, we understand the importance of maintaining safe and compliant workplaces. In each state & territory, there are different governing bodies. In NSW, a key government body created to help ensure compliant workplaces is the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA). We therefore explain what SIRA is and what SIRA employer supervision.
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by Marc Ring | Mar 17, 2025 | Claim management, Workers Compensation
As an employer, managing workers’ compensation claims efficiently and effectively is crucial for the well-being of your employees and the overall business success. Recently in NSW, icare changed the rules relating to the ability for employers to choose a Claims Service Provider (CSP). At ABILITY GROUP, we understand the importance of choice and are here to help you best navigate the considerations and benefits of choosing a NSW Claims Service Provider for your organisation.
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by Marc Ring | Feb 24, 2025 | Claim management, Workers Compensation
A NSW icare Claims Service Provider (CSP) is an entity chosen by icare to manage workers’ compensation claims for the NSW Nominal Insurer. Claims Service Providers play a crucial role in assisting injured workers, aiming to facilitate their timely and sustainable return to work. There is an important change that ABILITY GROUP can now assist many more NSW businesses. What’s changed? How can ABILITY GROUP assist your business?
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by AG Admin | Feb 17, 2025 | Claim management, Claims, Injury Management, Workers Compensation, Workplace safety
Pre-existing conditions can have a significant impact workers’ compensation claims. A pre-existing condition is any health issue that existed before a work-related injury or illness. These conditions can include chronic illnesses, previous injuries, mental health conditions, or degenerative diseases. So why are Pre-Existing Conditions important with workers compensation?
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by Marc Ring | Oct 14, 2024 | Claim costs, Claim management, Claims, Premium, Workers Compensation
Workers compensation & annual leave entitlements are key components of employment law, ensuring that employees are protected & supported in the workplace. Each state/territory has specific workers compensation regulations with a common goal of providing financial support for injured & ill workers. So what happens with some types of Annual Leave & Workers Compensation Claims?
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by ABILITY GROUP | Sep 10, 2024 | Claim costs, Claim management, Health & Wellbeing, Human Resources, Injury Prevention, Work Health & Safety, Workers Compensation, Workplace safety
Pre-employment Functional Assessments are a cost-effective strategy to help assess candidates’ capacity to perform inherent role tasks based on their medical and physical capacities. Pre-employment functional assessment process gathers objective information to help determine whether a candidate is fit to perform the upcoming role tasks without risk to themselves or others in the workplace.