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  • Husband and wife guilty of WorkSafe and TAC fraud
    Two Melbourne healthcare providers were recently convicted of fraud against WorkSafe and the Transport Accident Commission for claiming 690 false consultations.
  • WorkSafe says there’s no excuse for shortcuts in tough times
    WorkSafe is reminding Victorian employers that their legal obligations in helping an injured worker return to safe and sustainable work remain unchanged in difficult economic times.
  • Business pleads guilty to seven workers compensation offences
    A company that deliberately neglected its workers compensation responsibilities to one of its workers was fined in court on seven offences.
  • Business guilty of failing injured worker
    A Victorian concrete company has been fined for failing to provide an injured worker with suitable employment after returning to work.
  • Truckie convicted for workers compensation fraud
    A Victorian truck driver has been convicted and fined for fraudulently obtaining workers compensation payments.
  • Changes to ACT Workers Compensation law
    Changes to the ACT Workers Compensation law will streamline the administration of claims for injured workers whose employers have failed to comply with their legal obligations.
  • Tiler pleads guilty to WorkSafe fraud
    A Melbourne man was recently convicted and fined for fraudulently obtaining workers compensation after a back injury.
  • New Comcare publication
    A new publication has been released by Comcare to outline how organisations can benefit from investing in health initiatives for its workers.
  • Compensation reform responses mask the human face of return to work
    A return-to-work agency suggests that the proposed reforms to Victoria's Accident Compensation Act represents an opportunity to improve OHS outcomes, in spite of generally negative industry reaction.
  • Comcare Annual Report released
    Comcare has released two key documents reporting on its preformance over the past financial year — its 2007–2008 Annual Report and ‘Comcare at a glance’.
  • WorkSafe injury insurance guides
    WorkSafe Victoria has issued two new guides on injury insurance that came into effect 1 July 2008, titled ‘Your WorkSafe Injury Insurance 2008/09 — a guide for small employers’ and ‘Your WorkSafe Injury Insurance 2008/09 — a guide for medium to large employers’.
  • Revamping burning cost premiums
    WorkCover NSW is asking for feedback on the introduction of a more responsive burning cost premium model that offers large employers a basic tariff premium of more than $1 million.
  • Premiums cut by another 5%
    A further 5% reduction in workers compensation premiums for NSW will enable businesses to focus more on workplace safety, according to an Australian industry representative.
  • Education department fined for refusing compensation
    WorkSafe Victoria has warned Victorian employers that failure to submit WorkCover forms would lead to court action and fines.
  • SA industry safety improvement program
    SafeWork SA’s Industry Improvement Program is targeting workplaces in South Australia that are contributing disproportionately to the number of workers compensation claims in the state.
  • Accident compensation legislation to be updated
    Victoria’s Accident Compensation Act will be updated to enhance support for injured workers. The Minister for Finance, WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission, Tim Holding said: “The Accident Compensation Act 1985 has been in operation for over 20 years and is the basis of a workers compensation scheme that has provided support to hundreds of thousands of injured workers. While the underlying principles of the Act remain sound, incremental changes over the years have made it unwieldy and unnecessarily complex.”
  • A moratorium on companies joining Comcare
    The Rudd government has placed a moratorium, effective immediately, on new applications from private sector corporations wanting to move to the Comcare workers compensation scheme.
  • ACT reduces CTP insurance costs
    Compulsory third-party insurance is set to become cheaper in the ACT from 1 July 2008 after the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act was passed in the Legislative Assembly.
  • More national employers move to Comcare
    More of Australia’s big employers are moving out of state-based safety and compensation schemes to Comcare, a move which could lead to reduced payouts for injured workers says the ACTU.
  • Updating the accident compensation legislation
    Victoria's Accident Compensation Act will be updated to enhance support for injured workers, announced the Minister for Finance, WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission, Tim Holding.
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