The holiday season is a time for joy, celebration, and togetherness. But with the excitement of parties, shopping, and festive activities, the risk of accidents and injuries often increases. At ABILITY GROUP, we want you to enjoy the holidays safely. These holiday season injury tips will help you protect yourself, your family, and your workplace.
Holiday Season Injury Tips
- You have 5 calendar days to lodge a claim without excess fees. This can be problematic with Christmas day, Boxing day and New Years day public holidays amongst weekends
- Provide as much information/paperwork you can at the beginning of the claim to prevent further delays
- Sustain communication with injured workers, monitoring their progress to ensure they continue to seek medical treatment over the holiday period as per recommendations to avoid any delays in recovery
- Note that Injuries sustained at Christmas parties are typically covered by Workers Compensation as they are considered as work events due to being funded, sponsored and promoted by the employer
Workplace function injuries are generally covered under the scheme, so businesses should assess venue safety and minimise risks. However, injuries from willful misconduct are not the employer’s liability, and costs fall to the employee.
Refer to The Silly Season – Have Fun and be COVID Safe! for more information on Work Health and Safety associated with the Festive Season and ways to keep your Christmas celebrations at low injury risk when alcohol is involved.
Source: Marsdens
Title: The Festive Season and Workers Compensation – Are you Covered?
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