""What we worry about is that the cost is going to come out in more injuries, not less."
'Bracing' for 'significant increases'
Hobart-based barrister Luke Taylor, who has represented employees and employers in the workers' compensation process, said the Tasmanian government self-insured its workers' compensation risk through its Tasmanian Risk Management Fund (TRMF).
"Each year, the money that each agency [department] is paid out of that fund to meet its workers' compensation exposure is then calculated to produce a premium that department will then pay into the TRMF for the following year," Mr Taylor said."
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