The state government plans to repeal a section of the Workers Compensation Act that presumes that workers who contract COVID-19 did so at work. In an NSW government press release on Nov. 14, Premier Dominic Perrottet said the amendments to the act had been made in May 2020, when little knowledge existed about COVID-19 and its transmission. “When the NSW Government originally made the amendments, we had little information about how COVID-19 was spread and whether it was more likely to be contracted in workplaces, and we certainly didn’t have a vaccine rollout.” He added that although the amendments will be rescinded, workers will still be entitled to make a compensation claim if they contract COVID-19 in their workplace, while businesses will also be protected. “Now we know more about COVID-19 and its transmission, amendments under Section 19B of the Act must be repealed, so the workers’ compensation system is …