COVID-19 update

• Workers Compensation Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2020 (NSW) 
• Amendments to the NSW Workers Compensation Guidelines
• National COVID-19 Safe Workplace Principles
• JobCover6 Program
• Connect2Work Program
• Reporting of COVID-19 Workers Compensation Claims

Recent Decisions

Adding incidents to injury
Elkhaligi v Lifestyle Solutions & Life Without Barriers [2020] NSWWCC 109 (7 April 2020)

Back to basics: revisiting contributory negligence and breach of duty of care
Hallmark Construction Pty Ltd v Brett Harford; Copeland Building Services Pty Ltd v Hallmark Construction Pty Ltd; Hallmark Construction Pty Ltd v Harford Transport Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 41 (17 March 2020)

Section 22/22A – Does quantifying the level of incapacity that stems from an earlier injury require direct evidence from the injured worker themselves? 
State of NSW (Fire & Rescue NSW) v Roberts Concrete Specialists Pty Ltd (formerly Jack Harrison Home Builders Pty Ltd) [2020] NSWWCCPD 20 (20 April 2020)

Is a volunteer a worker for the purposes of benefits under the Workers Compensation (Dust Disease) Act 1942?
Death v Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Authority (No 1) [2020] NSWDC 103 (17 March 2020)

Recent Announcements

National COVID-19 Safe Workplace Principles have been announced