Tag: Early Intervention
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What constitutes notification of an injury?
A recent case before the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal in Tasmania has provided some further clarity around the requirement for an employee to notify their employer ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’ following a workplace incident.
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Incident follow up critical in all cases resulting in paramedic attendance
As the cornonial inquiry comes to an end the questions raised during process highight the need for organisations to have robust incident response plans, and more importantly be able to demonstrate the use of those plans. Woolworths was unable to establish they had followed their own procedures following a serious incident.