Defending Your CompanyIf your company/organisation has a significant workers compensation injury and or an incident where WorkCover becomes involved the potential for either a Plaintiff legal firm looking at your place of work for negligence or a WorkCover prosecution is a very real concern. With a significant injury and a WorkCover prosecution the costs over a three year period will see your company/organisation potentially not getting any change out of $1,000,000.00. The more serious the event or if previous convictions have occurred Gaol time is a very real possibility. The first things plaintiff solicitors and WorkCover Inspectors look for is the following;
This is just the beginning of either Solicitors or WorkCover Inspectors auditing, interviewing and reviewing your systems and records for negligence. Under Legal privilege the Assist Group can conduct a gap analysis of your OHSMS (Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems). From the gap analysis Assist Group can determine what areas of your Organisations OHSMS's that need immediate attention in beginning to defend your company from the possibility of a WorkCover prosecution or Common Law claim. Traceability is also an important component in your documentation. Assist Group can review and make adaptations to your documentation if required. In some cases your incident reporting systems may need improvement, Assist Group can develop and implement an IT solution for you or improve your current systems in tracing your Organisations history and then look at tracking potential future trends in injuries. If prosecution is pending Assist Group can help develop, write, implement, collect and collate the documentation required. This package of information can then be presented to Sparke Helmore Lawyers for dissemination and review before being handed over to the WorkCover Prosecutor. For Common Law claims Assist Group can provide the same assistance as above before documentation is handed over to Plaintiffs' Lawyer. Assist Group can also provide for your Organisation/Company Internal Audits, Conformance Audits for ISO or AS4801 accreditation or Compliance Audits. These audits can also be conducted under privilege if required by Sparke Helmore Lawyers. (R.I.S.K.) StrategiesAssist Group can bring (R.I.S.K.) to your Organisation/Company and Provide you with the following Documentation/Systems, Training and Assessment in Bullet Proofing your OHS Administration. From the development and implementation of (RISK) Organisations/Companies can then start to look at achieving accreditation in ISO 9001, 9002, 9014 and AS4801. These are the more important matters that need to be considered first in addressing any gaps in your current OHS Administration. Documentation/Systems
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