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…
NSW to Roll-Back Broad COVID-19 Worker Protection Bill That Presumed Workers Caught COVID-19 at Work
The NSW government plans to roll back a special amendment made for frontline workers early in the pandemic that assumed those who tested positive for COVID-19 would have caught it from work. Workers will still be entitled to compensation if they can show that they contracted COVID-19 in their workplace, the premier said, adding the…
NSW to Roll-Back COVID-19 Worker Protection Bill That Presumped Workers Caught COVID-19 at Work
The NSW government plans to roll back a special protection made for frontline workers early in the pandemic that assumed those who tested positive for COVID-19 would have caught it from work. Workers will still be entitled to compensation if they can show that they contracted COVID-19 in their workplace, the premier said, adding the…
NSW to Roll-Back Broad COVID-19 Worker Protection Bill That Presumped Workers Caught COVID-19 at Work
The NSW government plans to roll back a special amendment made for frontline workers early in the pandemic that assumed those who tested positive for COVID-19 would have caught it from work. Workers will still be entitled to compensation if they can show that they contracted COVID-19 in their workplace, the premier said, adding the…
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