6/10/2023 0 Comments All timely mav time![]() ‘Should MAV fail, at any time, to meet the requirements of the term and condition, WorkSafe may review MAV’s approval as self-insurer and, based on the findings of the review, elect to impose further performance-based terms and conditions or, alternatively, revoke the approval.’ In the 2017 letter granting approval, WorkSafe explicitly stated: ![]() MAV’s application was finally approved in May 2017, subject to conditions such as meeting financial liabilities and safe working conditions for workers. MAV also needed to provide the Authority with comprehensive details at half yearly intervals. Given this requirement, MAV implemented the Workcare 3 Year Safety Improvement Program, with targets including: The Authority explicitly stated MAV required 100% compliance with NAT. MAV applied for approval as self-insurer in May 2016. ![]() The NAT defines the criteria that regulators will use to assess a self-insurer’s Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS). However, like all self-insurers, MAV was subject to the National Audit Tool (NAT). As such, non-participating councils were paying the levy as well as paying their own premiums to the Authority. MAV imposed a levy on all its members, as opposed to just the participating councils. For example, rather than funding its self-insurance scheme entirely from its own business income, MAV had to fund the scheme from moneys obtained from its member councils. MAV had 29 out of 79 local councils as members of its self-insurer Workcare Scheme, before being ruled as a not fit and proper self-insurer. With the Supreme Court of Victoria ruling that the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) are not a “fit and proper” self-insurer, it might be time to consider an independent audit of your organisation.
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