The Compensation Fund has a unit dedicated to dealing with occupational diseases. Unfortunately, this unit has typically been extremely slow to resolve matters referred to it. We do not yet have an indication of the effectiveness of the Compensation Fund in dealing with Covid-19 cases in relation to other lung diseases. The Compensation Commissioner has published a guide stating that some employees will be regarded more likely to acquire Covid-19 at work than others. Examples are medical staff who deal with infected patients or employees who work with large numbers of the public who may be infected. However, he hasn’t stated that he will automatically accept such cases so we must wait to see how these guidelines will translate into benefits to employees and employers.