We reported last week that under changes made to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 that covers NSW, an employee who contracts COVID-19 in certain proscribed industries is assumed to have become infected in the workplace and the onus of proving otherwise falls on the employer and their workers compensation insurer. Retail is one of the sectors where the presumption of workplace infection applies, hence, the presumption applies to employees in Newsagencies in NSW. Log in to read more
