Premier Chris Minns has refused to rule out lifting the threshold required for workplace mental health payouts to levels some experts say would be impossible to reach.
Changes proposed by the Minns government will effectively kill the scheme by making it next to impossible for injured workers to claim damages from employers,an expert says.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has flagged plans for a radical overhaul of workers’ compensation for injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
A review of the NSW workers’ compensation insurer,icare,has led to an exodus of senior staff as the Minns government tightens spending at the agency.
The head of the state’s insurance regulator has quit his post after being “absent from duty” for several months.
The chief executive of icare,Richard Harding,will leave his $1 million-plus role as the agency has been ordered to rein in its ballooning expenses.
The compensation payments for all frontline NSW workers topped $1 billion last year,as claim numbers soared on the back of the COVID pandemic.
NSW Labor has ordered a sweeping review into icare,the state’s big spending state insurer.
The former ACCC chair,sport administrator and investment banker spoke dismissively of the sector in his submission into a parliamentary inquiry on consulting.
The state’s scandal-plagued insurer will slug some businesses with premium increases well above its 8 per cent average target.