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Title: Information for injured workers
About: Available in Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
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Title: Workers compensation and injury management factsheets
About: Factsheets about injury management, claims and benefits, return-to-work programs, responsibilities of employers, workers and insurers, resolving problems and disputes, and assistance from service providers.
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Title: Workers Compensation Commission - how the process works
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Title: Workers Compensation Commission - resolving your dispute
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Title: Eligibility for and lodging of a wokers compensation claim
About: FAQs include how to make a claim, injuries whilst travelling to and from work, time limits, claiming workers compensation and what to do when your claim has been declined.
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Title: Workcover New South Wales
About: A range of plain language guides to the law of workers compensation. Fact sheets, case law in fulltext, links to relevant legislation.
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Title: Workers Compensation Commission multilingual brochures
About: Information for injured workers, dispute resolution process and appeals. Available in Arabic, Cantonese, Croation, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
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Books in public libraries

Title: Accidents and compensation Chapter 3: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Includes practical information about accidents on private and public property, injury or damage caused by and to dogs and other animals, motor vehicle accidents, including sample letters of demand. Also covers workers compensation.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Mills workers compensation New South Wales
About: Contains the Workers Compensation Act and Regulations, Workers Compensation Court Act and Regulations, Dust Diseases Act and Regulations, as well as costs and benefit guides. Location number Ref/N344.944021/9
Author: Mills, C P
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Redfern Legal Centre's lawyers practice manual
About: Information about lawyer/client relationship, criminal law, including bail and pleamaking, defending in committal proceedings, drink driving, drugs and shoplifting, street offences such as swearing, prostitution and trespass. Also covers family law, accidents and compensation including workers compensation, tenancy, dividing fences, retirement villages, consumer law, social security, disability law, credit and debt, wills and estates, administrative law, immigration law, employment, discrimination and human rights, veteran's affairs and intellectual property. Location number LIAC/N349.944/6A.
Author: Rees, Neil
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Workers compensation law manual: New South Wales
About: Information on establishing liability in a workers compensation case, the types of claims, making a claim, common law claims, criminal sanctions, employers obligations, sporting injuries, costs. Includes benefit tables. Location number Ref/NQ344.944021/16
Author: McManamey, Bruce
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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