{"id":48531,"date":"2025-02-25T04:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T04:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?p=48531"},"modified":"2025-03-13T00:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:22:51","slug":"compensation-claims-on-the-rise-despite-companies-prioritising-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/compensation-claims-on-the-rise-despite-companies-prioritising-health-and-safety","title":{"rendered":"Compensation claims on the rise despite companies prioritising health and safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New research reveals that while health and safety in Australian workplaces are being prioritised, compensation claims are still rising. Safe Work Australia\u2019s 2024 data shows a 20.5% increase in serious claims over the past decade, many related to mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a study by COS finds that 80% of employees believe their business prioritises health and safety, up from 70% in 2023. Co-CEO Amie Lyone highlights the importance of regularly assessing and addressing employee needs and offers a list of strategies for a healthy, safe and productive workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrleader.com.au\/wellbeing\/26520-compensation-claims-on-the-rise-despite-companies-prioritising-health-and-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE <\/a><\/strong>to read the full article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-CEO Amie Lyone highlights the importance of regularly assessing and addressing employee needs and offers a list of strategies for a healthy, safe and productive workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48535,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48531\/revisions\/48535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}