WorkCover releases important legislative changes
Perrier Ryan • July 19, 2020

WorkCover Queensland today released important information on legislative amendments that came into effect 1 July 2020.

The Queensland Government's five year review identified a number of recommendations to ensure the WorkCover scheme is "well placed to respond to emerging issues into the future".

Matters identified are:

  • Reporting of injuries and payments even if a claim is not made
  • unpaid interns are now covered under workers' compensation
  • Details, qualifications and training of your RRTWC are now required

The information they've prepared about the changes that you may need to make to ensure you have up-to-date practices, can be found here.

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