This Member Advice provides important information about recent amendments to workers' compensation laws in New South Wales:

• Employers not entitled to attend medical treatment or medical examination.
• Increase in employer excess for individual claims.
• “Freeze” on average premiums; individual premiums can still change.
• Psychological injury claims – eligibility:

• New definition of psychological injury
• Connection to relevant events
• Relevant conduct as a subset of relevant events
• Information requirements when making a claim
• Amendments to exclusion of entitlement for reasonable management action.

• Psychological injury claims – other amendments:

• New test for continuation of weekly compensation and medical expenses
• Common law access changes
• Possible future changes to WPI levels and how they are measured
• Additional amendments that will be mostly unseen by employers.