What The Proposed Package Means For Workers

• The Workers Compensation Resolution Service (WCRS) will be replaced by a Claims Assessment Service.
• Commissioners will determine all matters.
• The effect of this will limit the role of the Workers Compensation Court. The Compensation Court will have very little, if any, input into determining any matters.
• The Service will resolve all disputes over statutory claims as well as assessing damages at Common Law where fault is not an issue. This will be a paper assessment service, i.e. the Commissioner will receive a file only and the matter will be determined behind closed doors.
• The worker will not have the right to give evidence or be heard.
• There will be no right of appeal to the compensation court, except for complex matters of Law.
• A workers ongoing weekly benefit will be determined through the Claims Assessment Service rather than the Workers Compensation Court.
• The Claims Assessment Service is modelled on the Motor Accident Authority Scheme.
• Of all motor accidents that have occurred between since 5th October 1999 and, the 28th March 2001, only one matter has been determined by the Claims Assessment Service.

• Email Your Politician!
• What The Proposed Package Means For Workers
• Authoritative Medical Service
• WorkerCover Assessment Guidelines
• New Reforms Modelled On Motor Accident Scheme
• Problems With The Existing Scheme
• Problems With Existing Scheme
• Previous Carr Government Reforms
• The Workers Compensation Advisory Council
• Current Financial Status Of The Scheme
• Compensation Legalisation Summary

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