Employer fraud

Employers are not exempt from investigation and prosecution.  WorkCover is committed to targeting fraud committed against the workers compensation system.  

Examples of employer fraud:

• Conspiring with a worker to support a false claim.
• Supplying false information to obtain or renew a policy.
• Falsifying documents - Certificates of Currency.
• Deliberate underestimation of wages or worker numbers.
• Failure to pass on workers compensation benefits.

Fraud indicators

An employer who has supplied, or asked you to supply, false or misleading information in relation to their business or any aspect of a claim. This might include things such as:

• overstating the employees / injured workers wages; or
• advising of a place of injury different from the actual place of injury.

NB: On their own, fraud indicators do not conclusively establish the existence of fraud. Further investigation is required to determine if fraud does exist.