n New South Wales, since 1926, a worker injured during the course of their employment is entitled to make a claim on their employer through its insurer for benefits. Regrettably, over time, the extent of the benefits have been eroded by successive governments in the name of tort reform. Our experience is that tort reform simply refers to the systematic degrading of workers rights to claim proper compensation for their injuries for the benefit of insurance companies. Hire workers compensation lawyers now.