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A judge has ordered SA Health to pay more than $200,000 in compensation to an injured nurse and condemned its attempt to manipulate the assessment process by pressuring a doctor to change his medical opinion.
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Treasurer Rob Lucas says Return to Work SA has provided him with final recommendations on a controversial proposal to reform the state’s workers compensation laws – but has declined to reveal the contents of their advice.
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The State Government is facing growing political and legal backlash against its attempt to tighten-up workers compensation guidelines, amid warnings the proposed changes could result in thousands of injured workers receiving lower payments.
State Parliament should act to ensure teachers, supermarket and service station staff, cleaners and others deemed essential during the pandemic crisis are given more adequate workers compensation protection if they fall sick, argues Kevin Purse.
South Australia’s workers’ compensation regime has entrenched discrimination against people suffering from a mental illness, writes Amber Sprague.
Lawyers are calling on the State Government to urgently review workers’ compensation law after the Employment Tribunal described the outcome of one of its own rulings as “unfair” and “unfortunate” for an injured worker.
South Australian firefighters and ambulance crews are stepping up their fight for strengthened workers’ compensation support after the State Government caved to police union demands.
