Impairment Assessments and Section 22 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA)
Batten down the hatches!
Estoppel and “Contracting Out” of Workers Compensation Legislation
Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of South Australia comment on the issue of “contracting out” of workers compensation legislation, these decisions being Stephenson v Return to Work…
Provision of Suitable Employment Under Section 18 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA)
Decisions regarding the application of Section 18 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA) (the Act) are slowly trickling out of the South Australian Employment Tribunal. This is providing some more…
Life After Mitchell
Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia Publishes Decision in Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Mitchell [2019] SASCFC 34
Calculating Average Weekly Earnings When a Worker Suffers a Second Compensable Injury
The recent decision of the South Australian Employment Tribunal in Knight v Department for Education [2019] SAET 64 centred on the correct calculation of a worker’s Average Weekly Earnings in the…
De-mystifying ReturnToWorkSA Premiums
ReturnToWorkSA (“RTWSA”) provides South Australian employers with insurance to protect their business and their workers in the event of a work-related injury. The scheme is funded by employers who…
Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants in the South Australian Employment Tribunal
The recent decision of the Full Bench of the South Australian Employment Tribunal in Richards v Little Company of Mary Health Care [2018] SAET 186 concerned a self-represented litigant, and whether…
Workers Compensation Case Studies
Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Karpathakis; Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Rudduck [2018] SASCFC 45
DW Fox Tucker & Bradbrook Lawyers: Two eminent employment law specialists join forces
DW Fox Tucker is delighted to announce its merger with Bradbrook Lawyers, another of Adelaide’s premier employment law practices. This significant joining of forces is the result of many months of…
Looking into the Crystal Ball
What can we expect in Workers Compensation in the near future? On 16 April 2018 State Treasurer Rob Lucas announced that the average workers compensation premium rate for businesses in the 2018/19…
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