Today, the Workers Compensation Amendment (Consequential COVID-19 Matters) Regulation 2020 commenced to support recent legislation that introduced a presumption for some COVID-19 affected workers.
The presumption means that workers in prescribed employment who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are automatically presumed to have contracted the disease in the course of their employment. These workers have a presumptive right to workers compensation.
The presumption means that workers in prescribed employment who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are automatically presumed to have contracted the disease in the course of their employment. These workers have a presumptive right to workers compensation.
The Regulation sets out the medical tests and results required for workers to be taken to have contracted COVID-19 for the purposes of the presumption. The Regulation also provides further detail about these workers’ presumptive right to weekly payments and clarifies the categories of prescribed employment.
SIRA’s Claims management guide has further information about the COVID-19 presumption that is tailored to workers and other stakeholders and insurers.
Source: www.sira.nsw.gov.au
SIRA’s Claims management guide has further information about the COVID-19 presumption that is tailored to workers and other stakeholders and insurers.
Source: www.sira.nsw.gov.au
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