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Started Jan 05 2013, 18:40
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Jan 05 2013, 18:40
• Australian workers’ compensation systems were originally based on nineteenth century British law. Before the implementation of modern workers’ compensation arrangements, an injured worker’s only means of receiving compensation was to sue their employer for negligence at common law.
• The basic principle behind workers’ compensation is that as it is employers that profit from the labour of others, they should bear the full cost of that labour, including costs associated with work related injury. Injury in this sense includes the full range of physical injuries, ailments, illnesses, aggravation or acceleration of
pre-existing injuries.
• All Australian jurisdictions have workers’ compensation laws which are ‘no fault’. That is, to be eligible, workers only have to prove that their injuries were work related - they do not need to prove negligence on the part of an employer.
• There are ten major workers’ compensation systems in Australia, six Australian States and both Territories have developed their own workers’ compensation laws and the Commonwealth has two schemes: the first is for Australian Government employees and the employees of licensed authorities, and the second for certain seafarers.
• The majority of tables in this booklet provide a snapshot of workers’ compensation arrangements as at 30 September 2011. The Australian Capital Territory has arrangements as at June 30 2011.
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