Psychological injury claims: How Comcare determines initial liability for claims with a date of injury before 13 April 2007
Purpose and contents
This guide is intended to provide you with an overview on how Comcare decision makers determine claims for psychological injury with a date of injury before 13 April 2007.
The guide - Psychological injury claims: How Comcare determines initial liability for claims with a date of injury on or after 13 April 2007 is also available.
There are four parts to this guide:
- Introduction
- Guiding principles
- Threshold provisions for injury determination
- Initial liability steps for psychological injury claims
In this guide there are links to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and where relevant, case law.
To read this guide you can click onto the part name link above or use the next link at the bottom of each page to continue. There is a back link to go to the previous page as well as a home link to come back here, to the purpose and contents of this guide.
Useful links
Two Comcare guides about preventing and managing psychological injuries in the workplace:
Page last updated:November 14, 2007