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Reading an article today that a cop from WA while away for work purposes interstate was assaulted, failed in his bid to get workers compo....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-2...-fight/4279860 Quote:
http://www.news.com.au/business/work...-1226333292525 Quote:
SERIOUSLY WTF??!!?!?? I hope the cops lawyers do some more research and appeal the decision as clearly the cop is away in "the course of his employment!"
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For the copper to miss out while the second person gets paid out is bizzare! That is without me judging either!!!
That said, Workers Comp rules are very clear. Seems wrong that this occurs however, but he wasn't technically at work, or travelling to and from work. Seems to me however, if he wasn't in the Isa for this work, he wouldn't have been in the Isa, or got attacked. Cover the Guys injuries and let him recover as he deserves!
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I read the details about the woman when it was first published. they ruled that she was only at the motel as a result of her work so was on " work related time" by that ruling the cop should be covered all I can think of is different states / territories have different rules. she must have been in the ACT or northern teritory as it was in the federal court
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He is out of town for work purposes. she was out of town for work purposes. In the womans case hers was held in a federal supreme court... which means that a precedence is set which should flow down to the state court. Its the exact same circumstances (though different how it happened)
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Federal Courts always over rule what the state says....
Pretty sure that the woman involved had appealed to the federal court after the state had knocked her back. Comcare had also appealled the ruling against the woman and lost.... http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/n...-1226353551086 In the end her she still won her case.... the states can legislate all it wants. Pretty silly really if the Federal court system had ruled in favour of her case just 5months ago.
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I'd say the cop wasn't covered as he was socialising. He would have been covered at work, to and from work and at the motel. Same as the woman. I think if the woman was at her boyfriends house then she wouldn't have been covered.
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you could be right there after all her employer paid for the motel room so it could be classed as an extension of the workplace
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I think this comes down to the courts and everyone involved in their workings seem to be in some mystical land where nothing makes sense to anyone but people tripping on acid.
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If she got pregnant would that be covered too? TBH i dont think either should be covered. Compo is too easy to get.
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As they've said before, there's no such thing as a "justice system", it's more accurately called a "legal system".
When I went to Brisbane for a course related to work, and I was covered by workers comp from the moment I left home to go to the airport until I got back home at the end of the week, 24 hours a day. The simple reason was that I wouldn't have even been down there unless work had sent me, so it was only fair to be covered all the time I was away, whether at the course or not. |
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