Compensation Information for Employers

• Customer Circulars
• Guide for the Submission of Employer Statements
• Leadership and Accountability
• Jurisdictional Policy Advices
• Notices of Declaration under the SRC Act
• Psychological injury claims: How Comcare determines initial liability for -  

Employer role

Following a workplace injury or illness, an employer's role is to:
• assess injured workers needs and direct employees to the necessary support and assistance
• should employees have time off work, support them in returning to work.
Claiming worker's compensation ? What you should expect from Comcare and your employer  [ 200 kb]

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

The legislative basis for the Commonwealth Government's compensation scheme is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the SRC Act). The SRC Act establishes a fully funded premium based system and a licensed self-insurance based system of compensation and rehabilitation for employees who are injured in the course of their employment. It covers all Commonwealth employees, including members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), and employees of certain private sector corporations. ACT Public Service employees are also covered by virtue of the ACT Public Service having been declared a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the SRC Act on 30 June 1994. Comcare and the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission are established under the SRC Act, which outlines the role and functions of both bodies including administrative, regulatory and service responsibilities. The SRC Act includes a comprehensive benefit structure that includes the payment of the reasonable cost of medical treatment, income replacement for periods of incapacity for work and payment of lump sums for permanent impairments

Full text of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (external site)

Customer Information System

Comcare’s Customer Information System (CIS) allows you to access important management information on your worker’s compensation experience including viewing individual claim information; creating a number of pre-determined reports and viewing your data in graphical, list and tabular format and downloading the Customer Data Service extract which contains a complete record of all claims and return to work plan histories for your agency for claims with a date of determination after 1 January 1980.
CIS Guide  [ 1.9 Mb]

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