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Understanding WorkCover

MWC Solidarity Hour series

The MWC "Solidarity Hour" series aims to build capacity in migrant communities and community service organisations to address issues related to labour exploitation among migrant workers.

They are short online sessions facilitated by expert trainers. The sessions include group discussion, Q&A, and hand-out resources.

Understanding WorkCover

Join us to a special session on "Understanding WorkCover: Navigating Entitlements, Changes & Legal Support" featuring a guest presenter from Gordon Legal.

In this session, Jenny Forti will cover essential topics including:

  • WorkCover scheme overview
  • Changes to WorkCover
  • Importance of early medical intervention
  • Disputing Insurer's termination of weekly payment
  • Lump sum compensation for permanent injuries
  • When to seek legal advice and how can lawyers help

This training is for migrant and refugee community leaders, activists, advocates and volunteers, bicultural workers, front-line support/case workers, and community service providers involved or interested in understanding WorkCover and the support available.

Guest Presenter:

Jenny is a Partner at Gordon Legal and an accredited specialist in Personal Injury Law. Her area of specialty is Workcover, having worked with injured workers for over a decade, ensuring that they can access the compensation that they are entitled to.  

Jenny is a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance Victorian Workcover Committee, has volunteered as a lawyer at West Justice and has been a director of the Western Health Foundation.

Facilitators:

  • Florence Dato (Community Organiser, Migrant Workers Centre)
  • Gabriel Dain (Operations Manager, Migrant Workers Centre)
WHEN
June 12, 2024
12pm - 1pm
WHERE
Zoom (RSVP to get the link)
CONTACT
Florence Dato ·
117 RSVPS
Batool Moussa Jenny Forti Mini Mohan Kali Wischmann Soniah Yamai David Chen Mei Hui Roslan Zin Sam Asmar Ansam Sadik David Forster Pita Foliaki Lokotui Kristy Steele Erica Powell Tahera Rashedi Ashish Chaulagain Firdos Saleh Vaithehi Subendranathan Florence Dato Maojing Chen Sana Shaikh Ghet Ky Zhiyuan Pan Sonya Da Costa Vesna Stankovic Timi Onduku-Pedley Emily Mapanda Carol Saunders Suzan Saka Emily Tabualevu Shaffira Gayatri Cecilia Condonancio Carlos Estrada Grajales Lungwe Lumona Mazen Zaidan Eten Edwards Bobby Lama Fiona Yeh Sylvia Coombe Lisa Dinning Clive Tillman Leda Tyrrel Wickrama Koddippuli arachchige Zali Nash Salima Moktan Kalolaini Tale Omar Ghazala Kiara Wagner
Who's RSVPing
Batool Moussa
Jenny Forti
Mini Mohan
Kali Wischmann
Soniah Yamai
David Chen
Mei Hui
Roslan Zin
Sam Asmar
Ansam Sadik
David Forster
Pita Foliaki Lokotui
Kristy Steele
Erica Powell
Tahera Rashedi
Ashish Chaulagain
Firdos Saleh
Vaithehi Subendranathan
Florence Dato
Maojing Chen
Sana Shaikh
Ghet Ky
Zhiyuan Pan
Sonya Da Costa
Vesna Stankovic
Timi Onduku-Pedley
Emily Mapanda
Carol Saunders
Suzan Saka

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