Workcover Stress Leave QLD

Everyone experiences some stress at work. However, if your work environment has resulted in long term psychological injuries, then you may be able to make a successful stress at work claim. Mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and PTSD can be difficult to successfully claim for, which is why you’ll need the guidance of LHD’s experienced stress at work lawyers, QLD.

You may be eligible to seek compensation if you are experiencing intense and abnormal stress at work, this can include:

• Feeling anxious, irritable, or depressed
• Apathy, loss of interest in work
• Problems sleeping
• Fatigue
• Trouble concentrating
• Muscle tension or headaches
• Stomach problems
• Social withdrawal
• Loss of sex drive
• Using alcohol or drugs to cope

If you have suffered psychological injuries as a result of stress at work it’s important to contact a stress at work lawyer to help you decide whether or not you are eligible to make a claim.

Once your claim has been accepted by WorkCover and you have progressed through the statutory phase of the claim having received treatment to the extent your condition is considered stable and stationary from a Psychiatrist, you will then be required to attend a Medical Assessment Tribunal. The tribunal will assess any impairment of your condition of which you may be offered a lump sum compensation. It is important to get in contact with your lawyer immediately at this stage as to your options and in the event you wish to accept the offer, what effect this may have for any future ability to claim compensation such as a common law claim.

Scenarios that may cause workplace stress (and that may mean you are entitled to claim for compensation) can include:

• Excessive pressure at work to perform
• Violence in the workplace
• Exposure to traumatic events
• Sexual harassment
• Workplace bullying

You will need to document your experience, make reports to the relevant authorities both inside and outside your workplace and contact WorkCover Queensland to make a claim.

Some common symptoms when experiencing intense stress at work can include:

• Feeling anxious, irritable, or depressed
• Apathy, loss of interest in work
• Problems sleeping
• Fatigue
• Trouble concentrating
• Muscle tension or headaches
• Stomach problems
• Social withdrawal
• Loss of sex drive
• Using alcohol or drugs to cope

Scenarios that may cause workplace stress (and that may mean you are entitled to claim for compensation) can include:

• Excessive pressure at work to perform
• Violence in the workplace
• Exposure to traumatic events
• Sexual harassment
• Workplace bullying

How long your personal injury claim for stress at work will take will depend on your unique circumstances. Factors that can impact the length of the case include how complicated your injuries are, how well your stress at work solicitor can prove your medical condition, and the relevant laws in each state.

Enlisting the help of a legal professional will ensure you can easily navigate the system to receive the maximum amount of compensation for the work stress suffering you have endured.