| Workers Compensation
and Rehabilitation Policies and Procedures
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Masula employs staff trained in WorkCover, Rehabilitation
co-ordination, WHS and injury management. If one of your employees
has an injury we can directly work with your employee to ensure
a speedy recovery and return to work.
Under
the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995, if an employee is
injured at work, employers are obliged to participate in rehabilitation.
This obligation includes offering suitable duties and graduated
return to work programs as appropriate. These rehabilitation
programs must be approved by the treating medical practitioner.
Workplaces
are required to appoint a Rehabilitation and Return to work
Coordinator if:
Their
annual wages are more than $5.577 million; or
If
they are in a high risk industry, with wages in Queensland
for the preceding financial year of $1.63 million.
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How
well do you manage your claims? View our Workcover checklist. |
Our
WorkCover Services
- Initial contact with the employee and
the treating doctor
- Accident reporting and investigation
- Facilitating the employee’s WorkCover
claim
- Completing the Employers Report
- Arranging for an independent medical
assessment, if required
- Communicating with the WorkCover Authority
- Documenting in detail the progress of
the claim
- Reporting progress to the employee’s
manager
- Implementing suitable rehabilitation
- Monitoring return to work
- Assisting with the accreditation of
rehabilitation procedures
Reducing
Your WorkCover Costs
By
actively managing your WorkCover claims you will:
- Reduce the employee’s time away
from work
- Reduce the cost of the claim
- Reduce your WorkCover premium cost
- Reduce the risk of successful
common law claims
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