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An introduction to the worker status service

WorkCover has worked with employers and associated groups to create a service to help employers determine which people should be included in their workers compensation premiums.

Employers can contact WorkCover's dedicated worker status service for assistance which offers:

  • a dedicated worker status rulings branch within WorkCover to provide specialised assistance to employers
  • a web-based self-assessment tool on the WorkCover website to help employers determine the status of their workers
  • a provision for employers to apply to WorkCover to issue a prospective private ruling as to whether a person, or class of persons, is a worker for premium calculation purposes.

A private ruling is a binding notice from WorkCover that states whether a person, or group of persons, are workers or contactors for the purpose of including wages for workers compensation premium calculations.

To find out more call the WorkCover Assistance Service on 13 10 50.

Further information
 

 Section 175C of the Workers Compensation Act 1987

  Definition of a worker 
        Publication No. 4575 (PDF format)

  Macken report
       Publication No. 4737 (PDF format)

  Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998

 Worker or contractor?

 Workers compensation and injury management fact sheets

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