NSW doctors to lose automatic COVID-19 workers’ comp
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the exemption is no longer required as the state opens up
Doctors and other health workers will need to prove they contracted COVID-19 on the job to claim workers’ compensation under proposed legal changes in NSW.
Until now, essential workers, including doctors and GP staff, have been presumed to have been infected while on duty when making a workers’ compensation claim for COVID-19.
