Submission regarding Bill 23: The Workers Compensation Amendment Act, expressing concerns with the long-term costs to employers associated with this Bill in the context of recovery from COVID-19 and the potential to create a financially unsustainable workers compensation system, lack of consultation with employers, and concerns specific to the Bill's changes to: the finality of adjudicated decisions; allowing additional reopenings of reviews and appeals; paying for health care services and supplies before the worker's entitlement to compensation has been determined; return to the dual pension system; change to the retirement age; collection of unpaid assessments and directors liability; the COVID-19 Schedule 1 presumption, national coverage fro sick pay and the waiver of the 90-day period.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Industry, Labour/Labour Relations, Small Business
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