Workers Compensation

Workers’ Compensation is compulsory for all Australian employers. It provides protection to workers if they suffer a work-related injury or illness. Any business that employs or hires workers on a full-time, part-time or casual basis, under an oral or written contract of service or apprenticeship, must have workers compensation insurance that covers their workforce.

State and Territory governments regulate the workers’ compensation scheme in their state and, as such, the schemes are often administered in different ways.