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DW Special Report - Workcover Update 2011 - The Rabbit’s Been Caught in the Spotlight - MAY11
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WORKCOVER UPDATE 2011
THE YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY, THE RABBIT’S BEEN CAUGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
In March I wrote that employers and workers alike face another year of uncertainty with a range of issues likely to impact upon the troublesome WorkCover Scheme.
I reflected upon Scheme performance, the Scheme review which is currently being completed and the impact upon the Scheme if the Supreme Court determines that the Medical Panel cannot bind the Tribunal.
In more recent times there have been some further upheavals which give cause for concern and justify my view that we are certainly, so far as WorkCover is concerned, experiencing a year of uncertainty.
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