Injured Workers GP Guide

This is a guide that GP's can use to help them navigate the workers compensation system and best support injured workers. Print it out and give it to your GP today!

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Provide support for fellow injured workers

Help injured workers navigate the workers compensation system

Create resources for injured workers

Advocate for the humane treatment of injured workers through government policy changes

Provide support for fellow injured workers

Help injured workers navigate the workers compensation system

Create resources for injured workers

Advocate for the humane treatment of injured workers through government policy changes

A History of WorkCover Early Days Workers’ compensation in Victoria dates to 1914, when the state parliament passed the Workers’ Compensation Act. For the first time, this Act made it mandatory for employers to take out accident insurance policies to compensate workers who suffered injuries on the job, regardless of whether the workplace was liable or negligent. This Act was based...

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Mental Injury Provisional Payments

What are Provisional Payments? From 1 July 2021, Victorian workers and volunteers will have access to early treatment and support while awaiting an outcome for their mental injury claim. Payment for this support is called provisional payments. This law was introduced to help remove financial barriers that would prevent a worker from seeking support, facilitate earlier mental health care and...

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Workers Compensation Checklist

1. Injury Notification ☐ Did you or another person on your behalf give the employer notice of an injury or illness within 30 days? The worker must use the injury reporting system, commonly referred to as injury register in the first instance (s.18 subsection 2 and 3). The employer must also acknowledge in writing that they have received the injury...

Injured Workers GP Guide