WorkCover Guidelines for Claiming Compensation Benefits
As part of the recent amendments to workers compensation in New South Wales by the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012, the NSW Government and WorkCover have recently released the WorkCover Guidelines for Claiming Compensation Benefits (the Guidelines).
The Guidelines set out the procedures for:
- notification of injuries and making provisional liability payments;
- handling claims for weekly payments and medical expenses;
- exemptions from prior approval for medical and hospital treatments;
- disputing all or part of a compensation claim;
- reducing or terminating weekly payments;
- dealing with lump sum compensation claims; and
- dealing with work injury claims.
The Guidelines specifically deal with the following new provisions of the workers compensation legislation:
- permanent impairment lump sum compensation and damages for nervous shock;
- weekly payment provisions for seriously injured workers and claims made on or after 1 October 2012;
- weekly payment provisions that commence on 1 January 2013 for workers who are not seriously injured workers and who have made a claim prior to 1 October 2012.
For more information on these amendments, please see our prior article by clicking here.
For a copy of the Guidelines, please click here.
If you would like more information about the case, please contact National Workplace Lawyers on +61 2 9233 3989.
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Note — this is for information purposes only and does not purport to be comprehensive or to render legal advice.