Update: COVID-19 Workers Compensation presumption expanded to include additional categories of employment
- Published 29.07.2020
Key Takeaways
On 14 May 2020 the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures – Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5 (‘the Act’) came into force.
Under the Act, workers who contract COVID-19 while employed in a prescribed category of employment are presumed to have done so in the course of their work unless the contrary is established.