Three years as the Injured Workers Support Network Coordinator has taught me a lot. Here are just three things I have learnt. Change happens. Seriously, I can count ten ways we at the IWSN have helped, inspired or forced change to the workers compensation system in NSW. From the early days where we forced people[…]
The Union Organiser & Workers Compensation. Assisting a member after a workplace injury can be one of the most difficult things a union organiser can do. There is the physical impact of the injury, the emotional impact and also the impact on their workplace and that’s just the start. This is a short guide[…]
Over three years I have heard (and said) nearly every piece of advice for injured workers from nearly every source. Here are the top five. Keep a diary, keep a record. From the very beginning injured workers receive a large number of documents, letters and phone calls. No one else will be remembering what they[…]
The hardest part of recovering from an injury is changing the habits of years to help your recovery. So much goes on when you find out that you are injured and that you wont recover unless you take some personal action to achieve it. The loss of social relations, the loss of mobility, the limited[…]
Cycle-of-despair-caused-by-an-adversarial-system John McPhilbin, a previous Coordinator at the Injured Workers Support Network spent some time on trying to describe the issues faced by injured workers in the workers compensation system. He came up with the Cycle of Despair a visual map of the emotional rigmarole injured workers go through once they enter the system. And[…]
Education note to Union Organisers. When Workers Compensation collides with Work Health and Safety. The Injured Workers Support Network Helpline is not just there for your members but for you as well. If you have a question about workers compensation you are more than welcome to contact our helpline or send us an email with[…]
Our first ever web post in 2012 is just as relevant today. The names may have changed but the problems and the concerns are still there with old and newly injured workers. OUTRAGED INJURED WORKERS Published 19/04/2012Injured and ill workers last night voiced their concerns on Premier O’Farrell’s recent announcement to “reform” the workers compensation system in NSW. The[…]
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