REALISTIC STORY AND REALITY OF V.W.A

Email from another Injured Workers Family who's complaints have been ignored by the VWA
Complaints Handling Project VWA Complaints PolicyPosted by an Anonymous Reader.

Hi, I have to agree with you whole heartedly!
Everything on their paperwork is made to look good, it has NO SUBSTANCE!
I have asked this question to workcover complaints many times! Who is accountable when this is not followed? I still do not know!
Just when I think I cannot learn anymore illogical rubbish about workcover up pops a new demented experience!
I deal with them on behalf of my partner who was injured at work.We have fought with them for most of the time for retraining in non physical work equal to the payment he was able to earn pre-injury. Which VWA assures is his entitlement.
In order to do this you must be on a partial work certificate which enables them to delay all training until you are cut off payment.
Interestingly, their IME'S and a LOT can be said about those! Will NOT send him back to his previous job but just love to throw in here say that maligns the injury.
There is nothing fair just or humane about workcover! Their paper is notworth the cost of ink for printing.
Instead of retraining, this moronic vocational assistant sends him mailings of so called appropriate very physical bottom feeder jobs he cannot do and therefore sends his already depressed levels and low self esteem plummeting to new lows!
What gets to me is EVERYONE who works in this system realises how disgusting it is. Yet no one changes anything!
I am sick of hearing yes just send a letter to your state member of parliament. I have sent letters until I am blue in the face. (please try a MY WILL letter)
This is why, I believe that we ALL need to get together. BE SEEN BE HEARD.
Get in numbers and get things changed!
They do not even warn us of the truth before we are applying for claims!
They do not tell us even if we ever can work again that no one will employ us!

Who can understand the accident compensation act with all the back and forwards revisions?
Is that even close to ok?

The interesting use of the percentage of injury scale! How wonderful it is to manipulate reality! How convenient!
The no work capacity with a likelihood to continue clause. Likelihood to continue? Oh sorry you are too young the medical panel will not pass you on that. Too bad u cannot do physical work and earn a decent living. Oh and the wonderful, you cannot appeal the medical panels decision. Oh, they are not biased! Well who pays them? When does it end?
Never, if no one puts a stop to it.

Class action? QC's helping the cause?
How is it that the majority of Australians have been brainwashed into thinking all of this is merely put in place because of a couple of scammers on the system?Were they even scammers? After this experience I really have to question the manipulation of evidence in any of those cases.

Surely if it was about the actual injured employee's then the Government agencies wouldn't be profiting!

Wake up Australia... it so easily could happen to you!

WCV's response:
This shows another injured workers families struggle to survive in a system like workcover which has been designed to beat you inside out!

Dear Reader:
You have hit the nail right on the head here with your statement of who pays the medical panels, the doctors, the advisory service etc.... yep its the government!

I also believe that if your agency/department is being funded by the federal or state government then your policies and procedures are not impartial or fair to any injured worker in Victoria!

Worksafe uses procedures and policies derived from Parliament which is government funded.
The VWA advisory service is funded by the government.
The workplace ombudsman's office is funded by the government.
The medical specialist we are made to see are paid for by the goverment.
Mr Holdings office is funded by the government.
So with all of your options covered by government funding how can worksafe and its processes be impartial?
Even to a layman you can see that this system is not protecting the workers nor is it showing any form of impartiality in its claim handling.

This work injury insurance system is a big scam when it is leaving its victims physically and financially ruined.

All injured workers should be entitled to no fault workplace insurance.
All injured workers should be entitled to common law recourse.
All services that are required as part of the claims management processes should be outsourced to unrelated companies whom can make a truthful and impartial decisions on payments, not be left to government funded worksafe and their paid providers.

We all know that doctors working for worksafe will provide unfavorable reports on the claimants. We also know that they are paid exuberant amounts of money by worksafe to see us and then that exuberant amount of money also seems to give them the right to treat you like dirt and to pre judge you and your injury!

Don't bother complaining to worksafe about the doctors behavior during your assessment because worksafe will either completely ignore it or just tell you its not up to them even though they (worksafe) are paying these rude and arrogant doctors a fortune for a report based on prefabricated evidence supplied by worksafe and in many instances unsubstantiated accusations and a guilt before innocent verdict on your personality, your nature, your way of life or just your look!

This is not fair and reasonable treatment of injured workers who are already being screwed by an unfair and government coffer based system.
Worksafe show huge profits each year and yet we seem to be entitled to less and less.
Mr Holdings office has told us here at WCV's that the reason injured workers from the Kennett era are not entitled to common Law compensation is because the government cannot afford to include us in the changes already made.

Injured workers are sick and tired of being ripped off by a government who is clearly discriminating against injured workers of the Kennett era.
WCV's is calling for injured workers to register their interest in forming a group to take legal action in this issue.
Please forward your interest to: workcovervictims@westnet.com.au


There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.—Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

WORKCOVER VICTIMS PLEASE SPEAK UP

Please EVERYONE who has any insight and issues with the reality of WORKCOVER.

Please do not just sit down and STOP working on these issues.

I think if everyone sends letters to those who care in bundles.. we have a better chance at CHANGING this system.

Please take the time and send your stories to those who care... I am one of those people.
The useful link to workcover victims is another.

WE need your HELP as we cannot do this alone!

You do have a voice... don't let them win! YOU CAN DO IT!

Stand up and be counted... PEOPLE DO MATTER!

You are NOT A NUMBER YOU ARE A PERSON AND YOU DO COUNT!

WE ALL MATTER! Not just the GOVERNMENT! THEY WORK FOR US!

TAKE BACK YOUR POWER AND DEMAND CHANGE!

YOU CAN DO THIS! WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER!

WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY!

I KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE... I KNOW YOU ARE NOT HAPPY ... AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS WRONG!

THANK YOU

SOLICITORS PLEASE

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Solicitors Required
We are searching for solicitors who are interested in representing "WorkcoverVictims" clients and have a genuine interest in legislations changes.Please email mailto:workcovervictims@westnet.com.au for more information.
Posted by Jo at 11:33 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: common law, law, legal, legislation, Workcover, workers rights



Victims Free to Sue Decades Later
This hearing is a break through for injured workers of the Kennett era and beyond. Now that this case law is available, all injured workers who have found themselves out of time for their claim can now go ahead and sue for their injuries.
Make an appointment with your legal representative asap.

VICTIMS of workplace accidents could now sue for damages decades after the event, following a landmark High Court decision that will force former ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark to defend claims he led the 1971 pack-rape of a 16-year-old girl.
The judgment, which was opposed by Justices Michael Kirby and William Gummow, specifically applies to Victorian law, but will have ramifications around the nation.

It means that more people who have suffered personal injuries will be able to explore their rights beyond the statute of limitations. That will be the case particularly in circumstances where there is delayed onset of injury or where they do not have access to information or knowledge about the cause of their injury.

Cases that could now proceed include medical negligence actions in which, for example, a surgical object is left inside a patient but the effects are not known for many years; and cases involving exposure to occupational hazards, such as cancer-causing chemicals, where an illness takes years to emerge, also where psychiatric injury has taken years to manifest.

Even those cases in which a claimant knows they have an injury, but does not become aware for years later than the injury was caused by someone else's negligence, would be affected by yesterday's judgment.
Source: Natasha Robinson, The Australian. 21.07.06
Posted by Jo at 11:26 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: common law, legislation, Workcover Victims

Inspirational Quote - Quoted by Abraham Lincon
Nearly, all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character,
give him power.



Sunday, July 20, 2008

Psychological Injuries - The Hidden Pain of Trauma.
Injuries of this type can occur at any time, and in any situation.
Whether it's a teller in a bank hold-up or as witness to a major traffic accident, maybe an employee subjected to continual harassment and/or victimisation in the workplace,or someone else's experience of another human disaster, the result is almost always the same, some form of personal trauma for the innocent people involved.

Quite often, these hidden injuries, such as Depression, Anxiety and/or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), may just remain that way (hidden), for avery long period of time before they are detected, diagnosed or even remotely visible to others.

For people who experience these severely debilitating conditions, constant feelings of isolation, segregation and desperation can fill almost every minute of their day. It is therefore extremely vital, that anyone who has experienced or is experiencing any of the above situations or similar, should seek both legal and medical advices for their own circumstances, as soon as possible.

Psychological injuries, in a lot of cases, are regarded as potentially more serious than many physical injuries, due to their severity and permanence, and particularly so if the correct specialist treatment is not administered.
People involved in car accidents often suffer some form of emotional injury also.
Some statistics indicating that up to 30 per cent develop a mild form of trauma, with a definite proportion also contracting PTSD.
But the law can go a long way to easing the effects of such resultant injury.
People affected by a traumatic event are often entitled to compensation, where negligence on the part of another party associated with the trauma can be proven. This is where the expertise and contact with a Personal Injury Lawyer is imperative.
They can provide understanding, support, advice and if necessary, representation in the process of your claim. But please remember, " TIME WAITS FOR NO-ONE ", and although certainly an old cliche, it is a most significant factor in this specialist area of Law.

Contrary to many beliefs, HELP IS OUT THERE, and you DO NOT have to suffer this in Silence. Courtesy: Personal Injury Lawyers.
Posted by Jo at 8:24 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Stress Injuries, Workcover, Workcover Victims

Workcover has Serious Flaws

Hello everyone,



I am hoping to offer a chance for those of you who have had bad experiences with Workcover to voice your stories, complaints and issues.



I am thankfully NOT affiliated with Workcover in ANY WAY.



This is not a government website or blog. I am a real Australian who has simply heard, seen and experienced enough to know that someone needs to try and allow the opportunity for the real public who are NOT happy with the whole workcover system in Australia to voice their stories.



Acting as a go between if you like... without any expectation of profit.. as hard as that may seem for those of you already beaten down by the whole experience of Workcover.



I have come up with this idea simply to allow everyone who is sick of the whole Workcover "System" and its seemingly unworkable and unfair abolishion of your injured lives, to be heard.



I am hoping to hear and see all of your stories and present them to the State Member of Parliament in HUGE piles of emails... that hopefully will not go unheard! Just for STARTERS!



I just hope... although this experience would have been or is right now, extremely hard for you.. that you still have enough strength to stand up and have your say.



I for one have had ENOUGH! While the Victorian Agent for Workcover PROFITS for their shareholders. IME's Profit from their often questionable reports. Private Investigators PROFIT.

Government PROFITS... Solicitors PROFIT... everyone else PROFITS... but NOT those who ARE HURTING!!



Who ever thought IN this country... you could be doing the right thing.. working away... and hurt yourself and be in this extremely illogical unfair unjust situation.

Losing battle!?



Its enough to be in pain... injured hurting to do all the simplest tasks that were a breeze before.



The first experience of your claim... will be a lovely cut of your income.. forget about superanuation.

You think sheesh this is aweful! How can this be right.. but as time goes on you learn... that isnt even the tip of the iceberg.



Whoever thought... Oh YES.. lets profit from another AUSTRALIAN WORKERS SUFFERING!



Lets write up a whole lot of stuff on paper that looks respectful and totally do the opposite and profit from it!



Lets make the whole legislation so crazy to read that no-one can understand it.

Lets even make it extremely UNFAIR!



Who thought... that it was OKAY to profit out of someone elses pain?!



Does that seem right to you??



What happened to CIVIL rights, HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE, the right to income, the right to live respected, protected, privacy, safety, innocent until proven guilty?



Why don't the media want to do MORE stories on the REALITY of WORKCOVER?



Why is it always more about the scammers?



Do ALL Australians even know about how bad the legislation is? Educated public? The TRUTH?



Chances are.... the only people who really know are unfortunate enough to have experienced this "system" for themselves.



By then... its TOO LATE.



So please... speak out... tell the truth... say NO! I am not going to stand for this anymore!



State what is wrong... why its wrong... speak about your suffering... let them know.. you are people not numbers! They don't deserve to profit! Give yourself the chance to ask for a FAIR GO!



Lets demand a FAIR GO!



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