WORKCOVER SURVEILLANCE Investigations
WorkCover surveillance investigations, Gold Coast Workcover surveillance investigations, by experienced, discreet private investigators, a Gold Coast private investigator, Gold Coast private detective, service; phone 1300 966 103, email us at [email protected], or 24/7 online form Contact Us, for a free quote.
Gold Coast WorkCover investigations, Gold Coast Workers Compensation fraud investigation surveillance, WorkCover surveillance investigation, is generally done as a period of consecutive days of observation. Surveillance effectiveness relies on three components, good information to base the investigation on, time on target, and competent investigators. We are competent investigators. You could say there is a fourth component as well, luck.
You can sit there for many days, waiting, and just as you are about to leave the subject comes out, and does things they claim are impossible. Carrying large items, reaching up, walking long distances, getting in and out of vehicles, even drinking a drink, going shopping alone, where they claim to be so incapacitated, so weak, all these things were impossible. This has happened, just when the hours were about to expire, after weeks of waiting. The client had good information, it was a matter of being there at the right time.
The objective of the surveillance is generally to substantiate, or disprove, a claimed restriction, or level of restriction, relating to Workers Compensation claim investigations, or a civil claim for Workers Compensation (the claim for any permanent disability, loss of ability to work, modified dwelling, etc). The operative needs to know what are the claimed restrictions, and any other intelligence that may have come to hand, indicating that there is potential WorkCover fraud, that a Workers compensation fraud investigation is required.
Gold Coast WorkCover surveillance, Gold Coast Workers Compensation surveillance, is also conducted where a business is exposed to a large Workers Compensation claim, as part of the due diligence process of accepting the claim, and the associated costs. The larger the exposure the more important it is to independently establish the level of actual restriction.
We are experienced, licensed Gold Coast private investigators, Gold Coast private detectives, Gold Coast WorkCover fraud surveillance investigators, call us. We are here to provide independent evidence to the employer, the business.
A Workcover fraud investigation, a Workers Compensation fraud suspicion investigation, is about protecting the employer, the business, often when the insurance provider has entered their rehabilitation coordinator period, where the focus is the injured worker. A private investigation can gather evidence, to contest claims.
A private investigation, gathering Workcover fraud evidence, Workers Compensation fraud evidence, gives the Gold Coast employer, the business, back some power when they suspect fraud. It may protect the business from further insurance liability, excessive insurance liability, and may be presented to fraud section of the insurance provider.
We are here to take a suspicion to the reasonable suspicion (civil) standard of Workers Compensation claim fraud, that assists the business with it's liability, through evidence. This evidence can be used to move the insurance to conduct further investigations.
Workers Compensation fraud is a generic term covering an injured worker, a claimant being less than honest, not reporting a recovery, not engaging in return to work activities, or working whilst claiming benefits. It covers everything from those simply enjoying being paid not to work, to the person who has started a home business, or is working elsewhere for cash, without declaring their recovery. Basically being dishonest.
There are obligations on both the employer and employee, both in the workplace, and when claiming benefits under Workers Compensation insurance. Most claims are honest, and that is obvious to all parties. We investigate the other ones. Call us when you suspect you have a Workcover fraud case that needs investigating.