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What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...
Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of messaging on managing work-related injuries. She uses 2...
Sharon Stratford reports from the third It Pays to Care symposium
Learn about CGU's partnership with Workfocus Australia to develop an early intervention program...
In a talk recorded for the It Pays to Care Biopsychosocial Symposium, Associate Professor Ross...
In a recorded presentation for It Pays to Care Symposium on early psychosocial screening and...
Personal injury compensation schemes have been around for more than 75 years. Yet the question,...
The Commonwealth Ombudsman’s investigation into Comcare’s management of IMEs addresses reports...
A partnership between researchers and a workers compensation insurer (WorkCover Queensland) is...
In this Q&A with Tim Hoopmann, small business owner and Beyond Blue speaker, we learn how to...
A guide to help insurance case managers, RTW Coordinators and rehabilitation providers motivate...
Get to know an untapped resource: Australia’s committed, highly experienced cohort of RTW case...
Jenny Sandells and Cathy Bland
Dr Wyatt interviews two case managers involved in an extremely effective evidenced based...
Dr Mary Wyatt interviews Rhea Mercado, author and rehabilitation professional, about the...
In this webinar psychologist, Tatjana Jokic shares top strategies for effective case management.
Will Barsby, General Manager CTP, Life and A&H at EML
An ex-compensation lawyer spills the dirt on how injury insurers can be their own worst enemies,...
Dr Wyatt describes the current state of case management in Australia, and asks for your help in...
Danny Khoshaba, Partner, Insurance, Mills Oakley, along with his Associate Sherilyn Dunkley
A Brave New World: a workers compensation perspective on resolving legal disputes via technology...
icare engaged with the evidence-base around best practice injury management, and tried to reform...
“Who’s the fairest?” matters to compensation recipients. Researchers find associations between...
Delays and disputes are stressful and can have a negative impact on recovery and return to work....
Early intervention is only possible when injuries are promptly reported. How do different...
Understanding risk management when it comes to Workers’ Compensation premiums is valuable...
Meredith Taylor, Trina Moyes and Josh Agar from MLC Life Insurance discuss innovative ways to...
When injured workers are seen as numbers and claims terminations are rewarded at the expense of...
The bad news: according to workers, positive interactions with insurers are few and far between....
When interactions with insurers are negative, workers’ compensation claimants describe serious...
In workers’ compensation systems across the world, injured workers describe predominantly...
When psychological claimants feel supported by their employer the RTW outlook is bright. Here we...
In Australia, only one third of psychological claimants feel supported by their employer: those...
Delaying contact with workers who’ve claimed for psychological injury can delay return to work....
We summarise the Victorian Ombudsman's investigation into WorkSafe's handling of complex claims,...
If an employee is suspected of 'gaming the system,' is it worth investigating the matter further...
The CPM report provides information on disputation rates and dispute resolution rates across...
When a worker is injured, there might be fears for their job stability, financial burdens, or...
Monash University in association with the Transport Accident Commission conducted a study into...
The Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass, has begun an investigation into the handling of workers’...
Adjusting to change is difficult for all of us, but it can be particularly difficult after a...
What do you think of when you think of the words: injured worker, claimant, client, worker? Are...