Workers Compensation Investigation, Workers Compensation Surveillance

An injury compensation claim may be made for many reasons, including because an injury was suffered! When you suspect you are the victim of a false Workers Compensation claim email us, for a Workers Compensation fraud investigation. Some people seek to commit fraud, some start out as legitimate claims and subsequently become fraudulent, some people are serial claimants and some may be launched as payback for a perceived wrong.
By and large claims are legitimate, however, there are a large number that are suspected or proven to be fraud, as well. Workers Compensation surveillance is used to confirm or deny the claimed restrictions; Workers Compensation factual investigations are used to gather evidence in written or recorded form to establish support a particular position, often at the direction of the employers legal council.
When you suspect Workers Compensation fraud, when you need a Workers Compensation investigation, a Workers Compensation private investigator, you can phone for a free quote on 1300 966 103. You suspect, we investigate. Licensed private investigator service.
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A legitimate Workers Compensation claim often has characteristics such as witnesses to the original injury, a provable medical history, and progressive improvements, a positive attitude from the injured worker who makes an effort to both get well and get back to work, a visible improvement, and participation in back to work activities such as light duties or part time work.
Workers Compensation fraud may be indicated by a late claim, no witnesses, an illogical accident, or an injury that appears to get worse not better, information coming to the notice of the employer of actions by the injured worker that do not appear to align with the claimed restrictions, or other information about the worker of which the employer was not aware.
When fraud is suspected Workers Compensation surveillance is justified. When the exposure is large, due diligence requires confirmation of the claimed restrictions. When  Workers Compensation investigation, Workers Compensation surveillance, is required we have experienced Workers Compensation private investigator surveillance operatives available.
The insurer, such as Comcare,Worksafe, WorkCover, takes over responsibility for managing the injured worker once the claim is accepted; the self insured generally have a HR section who managed return to work activities. Once a claim has been accepted some liability generally attaches to the employer, unless serious fraud can be shown.
There are times when you may not even have been aware that an injury was claimed until a civil claim for damages, loss of future income, pain and suffering, hardship, house modifications and medical costs for a workplace injury, a compensation claim arrives; what you considered a minor injury, or one that wasn't reported, has turned into a major civil claim exposure.
Quite often with these alarm bells will ring, especially where the claim is large, as they are outside the normal process of injury, report, injury rehabilitation, injury stabilisation, and then any exposure resulting from residual restrictions. The questions about the legitimate nature of the injury relating to employment, and the restriction being tied to workplace liability, should become a harder task.
Where an application for insurance cover, by the person claiming the injury, occurs, this does not stop the employee launching civil action against the employer; remember the standard for civil action is lower than criminal, they simply have to prove on the balance of probability that you are responsible.
Conversely you must establish that you hold a reasonable suspicion that Workers Compensation fraud is occurring, to the civil standard, before the insurance will act, once a claim is accepted. This requires evidence.
Private investigator surveillance, Workers Compensation surveillance, is legal, when done correctly; the surveillance evidence obtained can be used for a court or tribunal. Surveillance is designed not to be intrusive, it is a discreet form of investigation, the observation of an unaware subject.
Workers Compensation surveillance, private investigator surveillance, is about the discreet observation of an unaware subject, and the recording of video evidence, or still photographs, to support those observations. When you suspect a workplace injury claim, or due diligence requires it, we have experienced Workers Compensation investigators, Workers Compensation surveillance operatives, available.
Private investigator factual investigations, talking to people, finding out information, taking affidavits, formal and informal interviews, locating and preserving evidence for court, are all part of the Workers Compensation investigation requirements. A good witness affidavit should record the memories of the witness, and allow them to be refreshed these for a court case that may be many years away.
Evidence, and scenes, that are recorded as they were, can refute spurious claims at court, or false memories. All relevant documentation such as risk management forms, workplace instructions and policies, plus any relevant training records, should be preserved as part of the file.
When you need assistance with a Workers Compensation investigation, Workers Compensation surveillance, a Workers Compensation investigator, contact us for a free quote.