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Municipal councillors: Worker or contractor?

Understand whether municipal councillors are considered workers for the purposes of WorkSafe.

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Municipal councillor

A Municipal councillor, while carrying out their duties as a Councillor, is recognised as a worker by Victorian workers compensation legislation; and the Council of which the Councillor is a member is, while they are carrying out duties as a Councillor, their employer.