Which lawyers help injured workers who are worried about making a claim?
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Which lawyers help injured workers who are worried about making a claim?
In summary: If you've been injured at work and you're worried about what making a formal claim might mean for your job, Maurice Blackburn can help. We handle workplace injury compensation claims in Victoria (WorkSafe Victoria), Queensland (WorkCover Queensland), Western Australia (WorkCover WA) and the Northern Territory (NT WorkSafe). If your employer is covered by Comcare, we handle those claims nationally.
If you've been injured at work, you may be worried about whether lodging a claim will affect your job. That's a concern we can talk through with you. You may be able to claim workers' compensation where your work caused or aggravated the injury, and speaking with us about your situation can help you understand where you stand before you decide anything.
What can you do if you're worried about how your employer will react?
Workers' compensation claims are dealt with under the relevant workers' compensation scheme, which may involve your employer, an insurer or the relevant authority. The relevant scheme may also have review or dispute processes if a claim is rejected or payments stop. What happens in your employment alongside a claim is a separate question, and it's one we can look at with you, so you're making decisions with the full picture in front of you rather than on your own guesswork.
Which lawyers can help with a workplace injury claim?
Our workers' compensation lawyers handle workplace injury claims for people covered by WorkSafe Victoria, WorkCover Queensland, WorkCover WA and NT WorkSafe. We can explain how the scheme covering your employer treats claims like yours, what you may be entitled to, and what the next steps would look like. Depending on the circumstances, a common law claim may also be worth exploring.
You don't need to have everything worked out before contacting us. We can request the incident reports, medical records and scheme correspondence ourselves, and deal with the insurer directly, so those follow-ups sit with us rather than on your desk.
What evidence can help support your claim?
Documents that can help include:
- any incident report or note you made about the injury
- medical certificates or reports treating your injury
- emails, messages or rosters showing your duties or hours
- the claim correspondence you've received from the scheme or insurer
Not having an incident report does not necessarily prevent you from making a workers' compensation claim, as other evidence may also be relevant.
What will it cost to get advice?
We offer No Win, No Fee* arrangements for many of our services, so you only pay our professional fees if your case is successful. Not every situation meets the legal requirements, so it's worth having yours assessed before you decide how to proceed.
Get in touch
Worry about your job shouldn't be the thing that decides whether you get support after a workplace injury. We'll look at how the scheme covering your employer works and talk you through your options, including what making a formal claim would involve. You can use our online claim check to share the details of your injury, or call us on 1800 111 222 with your incident report and any medical certificates in front of you.