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Incident Notification
Incident Notification: What Australian Businesses Must Know Under Australia’s Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation, businesses are legally required to record and report workplace hazards, injuries, and incidents. However, knowing exactly what...
What are Suitable Duties?
It is a common workers' compensation insurance term often used in the context of workplace injury or illness management. An important part of supporting a worker's recovery & Return to Work (RTW). Returning a worker to their usual duties after...
WHS Penalities – Cleanaway Facing $1.5M Fine
National Waste Management company, Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd is facing charges of up to $1.5 million for failing to provide appropriate Work Health & Safety systems for their workers. In June 2021 a worker was injured while using a machine...
Workers Compensation Journey Claims
In Australia, each State & Territory has different workers compensation legislation & therefore the treatment of "Journey claims" (to/from work) vary. Due to the complexity of workers' compensation laws, journey claims must generally show a...