Hybrid working arrangements are the new norm. With this comes the need to understand a worker’s rights to a safe work environment and compensation if injured while working from home.
Category: WorkCover
Your options if injured travelling to, from or for work
Whether your employer’s WorkCover insurance policy covers you while driving, or whether it falls under the TAC, depends on the reason you were driving.
Firefighter settles injury claim four years on from West Footscray chemical fire
Zaparas Lawyers Victoria settled the compensation claim for firefighter Jason Dale, after he suffered serious injury following the industrial chemical fire in West Footscray in 2018.
Are contractors entitled to claim WorkCover compensation?
Do you know when a contractor is deemed a “worker” for workers’ compensation purposes? Or are you a contractor with questions about your entitlement to workers’ compensation?
Common work injury and workers’ compensation questions
We hear them all the time: What are my options if injured at or because of work? What if my employer doesn’t let me make a claim? Are contractors covered by WorkCover? Read on for more work injury FAQs.
Firefighting officially declared a cancer-causing profession
The World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has officially declared firefighting a “cancer-causing profession”.
Impacts of pre-existing injuries or conditions on your claim
It is a common misconception that an injured worker with a pre-existing injury or disease cannot claim entitlements under the WorkCover scheme. Pre-existing conditions may exist in many forms.
Things to know about making a WorkCover claim in Victoria
Understand the Victorian WorkCover scheme and explain what it is, who it covers and how to make a WorkCover claim if injured at or because of work.
WorkCover agrees to fund alternative medicinal cannabis treatment for chronic pain patient
We successfully helped our client who suffered life-changing injuries at work have her expensive medicinal cannabis chronic pain treatment funded by WorkCover – something difficult to do for conditions not approved by the TGA.
Do volunteers have WorkCover compensation rights?
Volunteers are vital to our workforce and communities. But in Victoria, only a handful of volunteers are entitled to WorkCover benefits if injured or become ill during voluntary duties. We explain who they are.
Why positive work health and safety culture is important
There are many benefits that arise from having a positive work health and safety culture, but it really is as simple as the fact it prevents injury, illness and death.
Why is there still a stigma about workers’ compensation?
Making a compensation claim against your employer’s workers compensation insurance is well within your rights. So why is there still a stigma?