Can an employer look at my WorkCover history?
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 was amended 2005.The effect of the amendment was to make it an offence for a person to obtain, attempt to obtain, use or attempt to use a worker’s compensation document about a worker for a purpose relating to a process for selecting a person for employment or for deciding whether the employment is to continue. The maximum penalty is 100 penalty units, $7500. A document relating to a person’s capacity to work is excepted from the prohibition, if the document is necessary to secure the person’s rehabilitation or early return to work under a rehabilitation program under the Act. WorkCover (or other insurer) can refuse to provide a document if it suspects on reasonable grounds that the document is required for a prohibited purpose. Proceedings for an offence are to be taken by WorkCover, the Workers Compensation Regulatory Authority (Q-Comp) or the Attorney-General, so complaints should be made to either Q-Comp or WorkCover. The penalt
