Aegis Risk Management Services

22/02/2023

A very engaging and productive couple of days working with the meat processing industry in WA, alongside our friends at the Australian Meat Processor Corporation and FCW Lawyers. In this information-packed seminar, we covered issues in workers' compensation, workplace safety and employment law, and discussed strategies to help organisations better manage these complex areas.

21/12/2022

Performance management can be a challenging process. The goal is to positively impact behaviour without causing harm or distress. Account manager at Aegis Risk Management Services, Peter Bianco discusses the importance of informal management practices, not just formal ones, and why keeping notes throughout the process can be critical.

09/06/2022

WorkSafe have confirmed that the market freeze will be extended until, at least, 31 January 2023. In this blog, Aegis Risk Management Services National Manager – Growth and Strategy Alex Stratton dissects the reasoning for the extension. Exploring the impacts to the employer on service and premiums, Alex pinpoints the potential benefits of opening up the scheme.

On 1 July 2020, WorkSafe Victoria implemented a market freeze, restricting the movement of employers between agents. WorkSafe stated that this was meant to “ensure continuity in the support and care provided to injured workers as they face new challenges to their mental health recovery and uncerta...

23/05/2022

Just like the process for minimising physical injuries, when it comes to mental health in the workplace, it's identifying the risk factors and acknowledging them, it's minimising their potential impact, and it's reducing those risk factors as much as we can.

22/04/2022

How can we avoid 'the trap of mutual conflict'? In this video, Aegis Risk Management Services manager Simon Booth reflects on the forces of trust and retaliation in the workers' compensation context, and how it invariably leads to negative outcomes.

09/04/2022

People are different and workplaces are different, which is why workers' compensation needs a specialised and tailored approach. Aegis Risk Management Services works with the specific needs of our clients and their people. A proactive approach sees the companies we work with avoid the pitfalls and potentially damaging costs associated with workers' compensation.

30/03/2022

The Aegis Risk Management Services Breakfast Seminars are returning after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. Mark it in your diary for Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

This seminar will cover the changes to safety legislation in NSW, VIC and WA making it an offence to enter into, provide, or benefit from insurance or indemnity arrangements in relation to the payment of penalties incurred under these states' various safety acts.

You will hear about the legal, insurance and safety implications that these changes have to how you conduct your business.

To register head to: https://lnkd.in/gR2hZTiC

19/03/2022

No employer wants to see workers suffer injuries, but for all the effort that workplaces put in to prevent injuries, how much is being done to improve return-to-work processes when injuries take place? We know that poor decisions and processes following injuries at work has a significant and negative impact on workers' compensation costs and return-to-work outcomes. Is it time to review your return-to-work procedures?

09/03/2022

It's important to remember that the authority to accept or decline a claim belongs to the Insurer/Agent. Disputing every claim can impact on your Insurer's willingness to work with you on liability issues.

03/03/2022

Navigating a workplace injury can be challenging for an employer, particularly those in small businesses with less experience with workers compensation claims. Peter Bianco from Aegis Risk Management Services talks about some of the things that employers can do to ensure the injured worker has the care they need, gets back to work sooner, and to mitigate future concerns down the road.

Need to talk about your workplace situation? Contact Aegis today. www.aegisrms.com.au

24/02/2022

We might think that what's best for the injured worker is to keep them off work until they are fully recovered, but might that also be doing damage?