Test a primary mental injury against the employment-contribution test
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the diagnosis and the events, using a firm-controlled tool, table the employment-contribution test the opened pages state for a primary mental injury and list the work and non-work factors still missing. Do not decide whether the test is met.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether employment meets that state's contribution test for this mental injury.
- Use predominant, significant or main only when that state's opened page uses that word.
- Leave the management-action exclusion in its own check. This task is the contribution test.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWVICQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the diagnosis and the events, using a firm-controlled tool, table the employment-contribution test the opened pages state for a primary mental injury and list the work and non-work factors still missing. Do not decide whether the test is met. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Match each contributing event to a record, not only to the worker's summary.
- Apply the word the opened page uses: predominant, significant, or main. Do not swap them.
- For an exempt worker in New South Wales, do not assume the main-contributing-factor test applies. The disease page states a different test.
- Stop if the diagnosis is not from a practitioner the opened page accepts.
Sources
- WorkSafe Victoria practice directive: mental injury eligibility · 2026-10-23
- WorkSafe Victoria claims manual: define an injury · 2026-10-23
- AustLII: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 32 · 2026-10-23
- SIRA: psychological injuries, guidance for insurers · 2026-10-23
- SIRA claims guide: disease injury · 2026-10-23
The management-action exclusion is an earlier task. This check does not re-decide it.
Victorian section 40(1A) and section 39(2A) are taken from the practice directive. Confirm the current Act.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.