I’ve Suffered a Work Related Injury. What Do I Do?

 

I’ve Suffered a Work Related Injury. What Do I Do?

Work injury compensation is obligated to keep you on track and to reduce the overall impact of your work-related injury, and while a key part of this is your physical recovery the financial side of things is important as well.

The amount of the weekly payments you will receive is dependent on a number of factors including:

• the date of your injury
• the length of time your doctor has said you should be off work
• the length of your claim; and
• whether an award or workplace agreement applies to you.

I Have Suffered a Psychological Injury at Work

 I Have Suffered a Psychological Injury at Work

What do I do if I suffered a psychological injury at work? Psychological cases have different requirements than physical injuries.

To prove that a psychological injury occurred at work, an injured worker must also establish that the work-related incident  was significant contributing factor to the psychological injury. Determining a work incident is a significant contributing factor is based on the opinion of a treating psychiatrist.