Revisions to the South Australian workers' compensation Impairment Assessment Guidelines gazetted yesterday are an improvement on the changes originally proposed, but lawyers remain concerned that some changes were made despite strong objections.
"The changes that have been made will have a big impact on injured workers' entitlement to compensation but it will take time for us to fully understand the extent of the changes and their impact," said Ms Sarah Vinall, State President, Australian Lawyers Alliance.
"We are pleased that a number of our concerns have been addressed for example, we are pleased to see that the automatic 10 per cent adjustment for a pre-existing injury has been removed. However, we remain very worried that some of the revisions will substantially reduce the compensation offered to workers who are injured at work.
