Cover

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Cover Management of Agency Volunteers
Department of Treasury and FinanceTasmanian
Risk Management Fund Unit
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Tasmanian Risk Management Fund (TRMF)

• Tasmanian Governments
  self-insurance fund
• Established on 1 January 1999
• Managed by inter-agency Steering Committee
  administered by TRMF Unit at Treasury
• Agencies pay annual contributions to TRMF to meet
  claims costs

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Tasmanian Risk Management Fund (cont.)

• TRMF covers
• Personal injury (workers compensation personal
  accident)
• Property (general property, vehicles, marine
  hull)
• Liability (general medical)
• Miscellaneous (travel government contingency)

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Responsibilities

• TRMF Unit administers Fund Committees and
  finances, provides risk management information
  advice to agencies, produces quarterly
  newsletter, facilitates training, undertakes
  projects
• Marsh undertakes claims management, provides
  advice to Government on risk management, reports
  to agencies and TRMF
• Agencies ensure safe working environment,
  develop internal policies, instruct Marsh and
  have ultimate responsibility for management of
  claims

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Types of cover - volunteers

• Personal accident
• Liability
• Property
• personal property
• vehicles
• vessels

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Personal accident - cover

• No-fault personal injury cover for people who are
  not covered by workers compensation (ie who are
  not employees of an agency) if they suffer or
  aggravate an injury which arises out of, and in
  the course of, their service to the government,
  or contract a disease for which their services to
  the government was the major contributor
• Includes authorised agency volunteers under an
  agencys control

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Personal accident cover (cont.)

• Factors evidencing agency control
• individual/group being appointed directly by the
  agency
• existence of a high level of agency supervision
  over the activities of the individual/group and
• agency having the power to dismiss the
  individual/group

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Personal accident cover (cont.)

• Does not apply to volunteers
• deemed to be workers under the Workers
  Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (WRCA)
  or
• entitled to benefits in accordance with the WRCA
  under certain legislation
• section 71 Nature Conservation Act 2002
• section 17 Whales Protection Act 1988
• Volunteers who fall under categories above to be
  treated as workers and full WRCA benefits apply

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Personal accident - benefits

• Calculated in accordance with the Workers
  Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988,
  including
• lump sum benefits (for death and permanent
  incapacity)
• weekly benefits (replacing loss of wage or
  salary) and
• other reasonable costs and expenses (including
  rehabilitation)
• 2 year limit on benefits

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Personal accident benefits (cont.)

• Cover does not extend to costs expenses
  recoverable from Medicare or a private health
  insurer
• Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB) provides
  no-fault benefits to persons who suffer personal
  injury as a result of a motor accident

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Liability - cover

• Under Civil Liability Act 2002 individual
  volunteers acting in good faith are exempted from
  liability arising from his/her negligence
• Agency directing volunteer incurs liability
• Third party public liability cover provided to
  agency where claim arises out of volunteers
  negligence
• Cover is not provided where a volunteer
• acts outside scope of activities authorised by
  agency, or contrary to its instructions or
• is affected by alcohol/other drugs at time of
  incident

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Property - cover

• Cover for loss of, or damage to (excluding normal
  wear and tear) property owned by an agency, eg
  vehicles, equipment etc
• TRMF does not cover
• volunteers personal property or
• private vehicles and vessels

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Volunteer Management

• The Tasmanian Government recognises the valuable
  role that volunteers play
• Goal 3 Tasmania Together
• Recognise and value the many contributions that
  volunteers and unpaid workers can and do make
  to their community
• Partnership Agreement State Government
  Volunteering Tasmania
• Guidelines for Management of Volunteer Activity
  by State Agencies

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Volunteer Management

• Volunteer rights
• Management responsibility
• Risk Management
• Policies/Procedures
• Risk assessment
• OHS
• WHS Act 1995
• OHS Policy
• Registration
• Medical disclosure

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Volunteer Management

• Recruitment
• Competency
• Appropriateness
• Policies Procedures
• Documented Policies
• State Service Principles,
  Code of Conduct,
  Diversity and OHS

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Volunteer Management

• Cover
• Orientation / Induction
• Policies/Systems
• Activity Statement
• Written
• Identify nature of activity
• Training
• Skills knowledge
• Supervision

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Contacts

• TRMF Unit email trmf_at_treasury.tas.gov.au
• web http//www.treasury.tas.gov.au/
• (and go to Tasmanian Risk Management Fund)
• Marsh Greg Moore
• Mobile [phone]
• Phone [phone] Fax 6331
  7518 gregory.moore_at_marsh.com