Injured by the claim, not just the injury — Is the workers' comp system making injured workers worse?
Lauren Finestone
An Australian study pinpoints the specific claims process factors that contribute to secondary psychological injury, and finds they are modifiable.When a study of 533 Australian workers who had lodged a compensation claim looked at whether the claims process affected their mental health, almost all said it did. The study investigated which specific factors were driving that harm and, importantly, which ones could be changed. What the study found Two factors stood out above everything else. Workers who reported negative interactions with their insurer were 5 times more likely to describe t...
Published 21 July, 2026
