Workers Compensation

How important is the role of a Return to Work Coordinator?

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Q: How important is the role of a Return to Work Coordinator? A: Important enough that their work can minimise the risk of suicide following a work related injury. In a recent case heard in the Northern Territory Magistrate’s Court –  the family of a worker who committed suicide, as a result of suffering depression […]

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Reasonable Management Action And Aggravating Injuries

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This post is contributed by Workplace Conflict Resolution‘s Legal Commentator, Tiffany Healy Employers are constantly required to balance competing priorities in the workplace, from ensuring that they are meeting their statutory occupational health and safety obligations by providing a safe working environment for their workforce, to running a commercially savvy, efficient and viable business.

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