Tips from Worker’s Compensation Lawyers in Perth on COVID 19

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Workers Compensation Claim and COVID 19
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DID YOU KNOW?The definition of the term injury
contained in Section 5 of the Workers
Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981
includes a disease.
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It states, Injury means. a disease contracted
by a worker in the course of his employment at or
away from his place of employment and to which
the employment was a contributing factor and
contributed to a significant degree.
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You can lodge workers compensation for COVID
19 if you have,

• Medical confirmation of a
• COVID-19 diagnosis
• Evidence to demonstrate that your
• COVID-19 exposure occurred within
• your work environment and
• A medical proof that your employment
• was a significant contributing factor
• to the contraction of COVID-19

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To assess a workers compensation claim for COVID
19, the insurer requires the following
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• Claim within six months of diagnosis
• Confirmation that you are a worker within the
  meaning of the Workers Compensation and
  Rehabilitation Act 2003
• Carry a proof of diagnosis of COVID-19

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• Evidence that the exposure to COVID-19 occurred
  in the work environment
• A proof that the work exposure was a significant
  contributing factor to the COVID-19 diagnosis.

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