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Another blow to WorkSafe as key private partner walks away We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Another blow to WorkSafe as key private partner walks away Normal text size Advertisement Private insurer CGU has walked away from its 30-year working relationship with Victoria’s WorkSafe workers’ compensation scheme. The move throws into uncertainty the jobs of about 300 workers who must wait to see a "succession plan" which CGU has sent to WorkSafe for its approval by mid-January . Insurance company CGU is walking away from its 30-year relatio...

Advertisement The state opposition says the Andrews government's new wage theft laws, and the authority created to enforce them, will soon be redundant. The federal government’s proposed workplace laws, introduced to Parliament in Canberra last week, contain clauses criminalising underpayments uniformly across the nation, and the state Liberals say that legislation will supersede all state and territory laws that provide for wage theft offences. Both the Victorian and federal governments are introducing laws to help those who are overworked and, crucially, underpaid. Credit:Loiuse Kenner...