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Started Jan 05 2013, 18:51
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Jan 05 2013, 18:51
In December 2009, WorkCover WA completed a review of the Act which contained 66 recommendations for change in the following broad areas:
• the overall structure of the legislation through a two stage redrafting of the statute
• technical amendments to address legislative anomalies and inefficiencies
• policy based changes covering age discrimination, access to common law damages for injured workers employed by uninsured employers, the role of WorkCover WA, and medical assessment processes, and
• significant changes to dispute resolution arrangements.
In March 2010 the Government endorsed, with one exception, all recommendations and approved a two phase process of legislative reform. The exception related to measures to address age discrimination within the workers' compensation scheme. While WorkCover WA recommended an incremental change based on retention of the current age threshold (subject to an increase in entitlements) the Government decided to completely remove age based limits.
WorkCover WA is working towards finalising a draft bill for presentation to Cabinet in early 2011.
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