Ways to reduce your premium

For: Employers and managers

By reducing claim costs, employers can reduce their premiums.

There are proven ways to prevent injury and illness at work, help employees return to work quickly and safely.

Effective ways to reduce your premium

The major factor that you can influence to reduce your premium is your agency’s claim costs.

To reduce the cost of claims, you need to:

prevent injury and illness at work
help employees return to work quickly and safely after a work-related injury or illness.

Evidence shows that the most effective ways to achieve this are to:

intervene early and understand the warning signs
provide early support to employees with a workplace injury or illness
improve return to work outcomes through proactive rehabilitation programs
ensure everyone in your agency knows and values work health and safety and applies these principles to reduce harm
be a work health and safety leader and stay up to date with the latest evidence and new workplace programs.

If your agency is considering a trial to reduce your premiums, contact your Employer Account Manager or email eam@comcare.gov.au

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Page last reviewed: 15 December 2020

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