Psychological injuries at work are now taken seriously, which is good, but it’s costing billions. So what is NSW proposing?

Premier Chris Minns’ government has vowed to spend $344m on preventing psychological injuries in the workplace as it attempts to get its workers’ compensation bill passed. Photograph: Alamy

This week is crunch time for the New South Wales ailing workers’ compensation system. A bill that will constrain claims for psychological injury at work as a result of trauma, PTSD, bullying and harassment has been introduced into state parliament and will be debated.

The government wants to limit the ability of NSW’s 4.5 million workers to claim compensation for psychological injury in a bid to rein in costs.