The Principles and Standards work together – with the Principles outlining the overarching expectations for service delivery in WA, and the Standards prescribing minimum service levels for workers’ compensation providers.
The four Principles guiding decision-making in all aspects of workers’ compensation are:
The Standards of Practice include six priority areas, identified by WorkCover WA, which have the greatest impact on workers and employers.
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder took strong steps forward in supporting the mental wellbeing of its workforce by expanding the one-day RU OK? Day initiative into a week of presentations, workshops and activities to help staff develop skills and techniques to improve their mental resilience.
When it comes to sun protection things are a little more complicated than SLIP, SLOP, SLAP, SLIDE, SEEK for outdoor workers.
With summer on its way, it’s important to focus on appropriate personal protective equipment
to shield workers from the harmful effects of UV rays while maintaining wearer comfort.
The creation of Principles and Standards occurred within a reference group of industry stakeholders and through community consultation.
LGIS welcomes the introduction of the Principles and Standards and is open to closer regulation of compliance by WorkCover WA.
As owners of the LGIS mutual indemnity scheme, each member plays a key role in ensuring we not only meet but exceed the service expectations. This will also contribute to timely and durable return to work outcomes for injured workers, and allow the Scheme to maintain low contributions for our members.
Our Senior Claims and/ or Injury Management Consultants change will be contacting members to arrange a meeting over the coming months to provide further detail on the Principles and Standards and the continued support we require to achieve WorkCover WA’s new expectations.
In the meantime, you can read the Principles and Standards at the WorkCover WA website.
The answer will be different for every person, but local government is always at the heart of what turns a group of people into a community. It’s the gathering places of open spaces, playgrounds and sports facilities; it’s the library, community and recreation centres.
More than 140,000 people turned out for the pinnacle event of Perth Festival earlier this year. Fans lined Canning Highway to mark 40 years since AC/DC’s front man Bon Scott was laid to rest at Fremantle Cemetery.
Great Eastern Wheatbelt RRC Chris Gilmour tells a story about a local grader operator who had a near miss with a small child. “The (grader) driver was a grandfather and it really shook him up,” he said.
LGIS is the unifying name for the dedicated suite of risk financing and management services for WA local governments, established by the WA Local Government Association in conjunction with JLT Public Sector (part of the Marsh group of companies). LGIS is managed by JLT Public Sector (ABN 69 009 098 864 AFS Licence 226827).
Risk Matters, via this website, is designed to keep members, their staff and elected members informed on topical risk management and insurance issues and LGIS programs and services.
