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[...] The other difficulty with WorkCover’s “health benefits of work” is conceptual: how does working actually assist a patient to recover from injury? Is [...]

[...] WA’s GP Support page http://gpsupport.workcover.wa.gov.au/healthbenefitsofwork.html : Health benefits of work Good work is beneficial to health and therapeutic to recovery. Compelling evidence [...]

[...] there should be a box on the form: “Danger – Bad Work”. So much for good work. The post The Health Benefits of Work (Part 3) appeared first on Connor Legal. [...]

[...] by way of weekly payments has been made wholly or partially with respect to an injury, the termination day for an election to retain the right to seek damages in respect of that injury is the last day [...]

[...] bad work? How to tell the difference? Waddell’s paper is the source of the concept of good work: Firstly, work is generally good for your health and well-being, provided you have ‘a good job’. [...]

[...] and social well-being”, and work won’t hurt you. This falls far short of the claim: Good work is beneficial to health and therapeutic to recovery. Compelling evidence shows that [...]

[...] 2666 and find out what to do. The post What to do about a Section 61 Notice? appeared first on Connor Legal. [...]

[...] for further investigations. The post The Health Benefits of Work (Part 1) appeared first on Connor Legal. [...]

[...] from a workplace injury. The post The Health Benefits of Work (Part 2) appeared first on Connor Legal. [...]

[...] Work”. So much for good work. The post The Health Benefits of Work (Part 3) appeared first on Connor Legal. [...]

[...] injured workers to return to suitable work earlier will likely increase their chances of optimal recovery, promoting physical and mental health and wellbeing. The source for quoted statistics is a [...]

[...] injured workers to return to suitable work early improves the likelihood of optimal recovery. There is a paucity of “compelling evidence” to support this sweeping claim in the [...]

[...] one of these notices, your employer or employers insurer is trying to stop paying you your comp payments. If you do nothing about the notice, your payments will stop 21 days after you get the notice ( [...]

[...] ; disability rights are based on social justice and fairness. There may be little direct scientific evidence that work has a beneficial impact on the health of sick or disabled people, but valid [...]

[...] therefore requires general practitioners to endorse a matter for which there is no direct scientific evidence when issuing certificates to injured workers. There is an identical provision in the “ [...]

Workers can often claim more than just Workers’ Compensation payments. Depending upon the severity of a worker’s injury, and the circumstances of [...]