Worker’s compensation
Workforce Management Glossary
Worker’s compensation
What is worker’s compensation?
Worker’s compensation is a form of insurance that offers assistance to workers should they become injured or unwell in the course of their employment. This assistance may take the form of medical benefits or wage replacement.
What does worker’s compensation encompass?
Under Australian law employers are legally obligated to have processes in place to cover workers in case they become sick or injured travelling to work while working or when travelling home from work.
With this in mind worker’s compensation will offer assistance in the form of covering wages while an employee is away sick or injured. Worker’s compensation may also cover medical and hospital costs.
It is also worth noting that should claims be accepted support can also encompass access to education and training programs as well as domestic assistance schemes.
How can businesses help manage worker’s compensation claims?
In order to make a claim for worker’s compensation the employer and the associated worker’s compensation scheme must be notified. From there medical certificates will need to be acquired.
Dealing with making a worker’s compensation claim can be overwhelming. With each business having different processes and procedures to follow communicating the right course of action is key.
With Roubler’s electronic document management system worker’s compensation policies can be uploaded digitally and immediately shared to the concerned individual providing the employee with a source of truth and starting point to putting their claim together.