NSW's workers' comp overhaul Bills have passed Parliament, with amendments that ensure emergency workers receive the benefits of the changes and the Dust Diseases Board continues to fund research into disease prevention and treatment.
The NSW workers' compensation scheme is being overhauled to provide safe employers with premium discounts of up to 20 per cent, restore a number of worker benefits that were scrapped in 2012, speed up the dust diseases claim process, and replace WorkCover with three separate agencies.
A full Federal Court has confirmed that the Fair Work Act doesn't block injured NSW workers from accruing leave while they're receiving incapacity payments.
Governments are being warned against making "brutal cuts" to their workers' comp schemes as the workforce ages, while WorkCover Queensland has outlined how to improve the health and safety of older workers.
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