by ABILITY GROUP | Sep 4, 2023 | Investigations, Workers Compensation
Fraud within compensation schemes undermines trust, increases costs, and places unnecessary strain on employers, insurers, and genuine claimants. Recent enforcement actions highlight a zero tolerance approach, with a fraudster ordered to repay compensation. This case...
by Marc Ring | Aug 30, 2023 | Workers Compensation
Amid rising pressure on workers comp, a Victorian business owner was jailed for 22 months and fined $350,000 for fraud. After serving prison time for years of workers’ comp fraud, a business owner must repay $350,000. In 2005, while principal of a Melbourne...
by Marc Ring | Aug 21, 2023 | Human Resources, Work Health & Safety, Workers Compensation
Businesses are faced with numerous different risks, yet anticipating and effectively managing their people risks is critical to building trust inside and outside of your business. With such risks posing major threats, effective risk management becomes a business...
by ABILITY GROUP | Jul 17, 2023 | Injury Management, Workers Compensation
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 an...
by ABILITY GROUP | Jun 12, 2023 | Claim management, Claims, Injured Worker, Workers Compensation
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...
