South Australian workers will still be able to claim compensation for multiple injuries caused in the same incident, following the state government backing down after pressure from unions.
The SA government introduced legislation on budget day to remove this rightHowever, the threshold for workers to be considered "seriously injured" will increase from 30 per cent to 35 per cent of whole-person impairment in order to keep down the premiums employers pay to ReturnToWorkSA to cover potential work injury claims.The government had been worried
He said the government planned to introduce the new bill to parliament tomorrow and he hoped it would pass both houses by the end of next week."It is our hope now that a broad agreement has been reached between both unions and business, that we can now enjoy the support of the upper house and I would certainly hope that [Opposition Leader] David Speirs would come to the party and provide Liberal Party support for this legislation so this can be dealt with," Mr Malinauskas said.
"Hopefully the government, when we come up against challenges like these in the future, will open a dialogue far earlier and hopefully before legislation is put on the table.Several unions joined SA Unions secretary Dale Beasley in cautiously supporting the newly proposed legislation.
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