The City of Perth engaged the LGIS injury prevention team
to evaluate workstations of a group of employees at their depot to make sure they were comfortable, safe and less likely to injure themselves.
A decade’s long partnership between LGIS and the Royal Life Saving Society of WA (RLSSWA) has delivered benefits to the entire WA local government sector – but work still needs to be done to make sure that audit recommendations are actioned to keep aquatic centres safe.
LGIS receives approximately 1,300 claims on average each year; for the past five years, of those the vast majority are common law claims.
Over 120 people attended the CEO Breakfast or Local Government Risk Forum on Tuesday 6 September 2022, at Crown Perth.
Representatives from across the state — from Port Hedland to Esperance and everywhere in between joined together to network and explore current risk issues for the sector.
WorkCover WA is the government agency responsible for regulating and administrating the workers’ compensation scheme in Western Australia under the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981.
Businesses are prone to a host of disasters that vary from minor to catastrophic. The start of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 was sudden, unexpected and incredibly difficult for many.
2021/22 has been one of the toughest years in the Scheme’s history. Against a backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, global upheaval and natural catastrophes LGIS continued to deliver sustainable long term protection to the Western Australian local government sector.
Mediation is a powerful preventative tool, available to LGIS members. Using the LGIS mediation service early can avoid workplace issues that may lead to psychological injury.
With inflation rising and the cost of living increasing, many people across WA are feeling financially squeezed.
LGIS is piloting a cyber-risk program in 2022 designed to help members better understand their exposure to cyber crime and develop targeted plans to address them.
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.
