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Boutique firm flags 'alarming biases' in psychological workplace compensation claims

Boutique firm flags ‘alarming biases’ in psychological workplace compensation claims By Emma Ryan|15 April 2021 An Australian boutique law firm has urged the Queensland government to look into its compensation system, after research showed a great proportion of claims are rejected if they have psychological aspects. Travis Schultz & Partners has released the findings of its six-month investigation into compensation applications, which derived data through requests for information (RFI) from the Department of Industrial Relations, shining a spotlight on the difference between accepted and rejected psychological and physical workplace injury claims. Since 2014, the vast majority of claims for psychological injury have been rejected on the first instance by WorkCover Queensland, according to the research. In the 2019-20 calendar year, 54 per cent of the state’s psychological injury claims were rejected, compared to just 4.9 per cent of those relating to physical injury.

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Miner sues coal companies for $4.2m over black lung disease

Premium Content Subscriber only A Yeppoon coal miner and his wife have filed a $4.2 million lawsuit against major coal companies for damages after he contracted black lung disease in 2017. Kerry Lucas, 62, was previously a very active member of the community but now struggles for breath and to walk a short distance. The workplace injury lawsuit was filed in the Rockhampton Supreme Court last month against Workcover Queensland, Rolleston Coal Holdings, Joy Global, Ensham Resources, BM Alliance Coal Operations, BHP Coal and BHP Billton Mitsui Coal. Workcover Queensland has been listed as a successor for Eagle Engineering, which is now wound up.

Miner sues coal companies for $4.2m over black lung disease

Cup-winning jockey in WorkCover stoush

Cup-winning jockey in WorkCover stoush A two-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey is in the middle of a court battle with WorkCover Queensland following a horror fall at Eagle Farm. Health by PATRICK BILLINGS Premium Content Subscriber only A two-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey has taken WorkCover Queensland to court after it blocked spinal surgery following a horrific fall at Eagle Farm. Star jockey Corey Brown was lucky not to lose the use of his legs when he fell from horse Lord Arthur during the Queensland Derby in June 2019. Brown, who won the race that stops a nation in 2009 and again in 2017, fractured a vertebrae and suffered broken ribs, sternum, and a punctured lung.