COMPARISON OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

COVERAGE

COVERAGE

COMMONWEALTH*

VICTORIA

NEW SOUTH

SOUTH 

WALES

AUSTRALIA

Cross border

There are no formal

As a result of agreement between the New South

There are no formal

cooperative

cooperative

Wales and Victorian WorkCover Boards of

cooperative

arrangements

arrangements with

Management, the following applies:

arrangements with

other jurisdictional

(a)Victorian employers, who have a significant 

other jurisdictional

compensation

workforce in NSW (where significant is defined

compensation

authorities

as the equivalent of one or more full  time 

authorities

Seacare: State/Territory

workers in NSW or more that 25% of the 

compensation schemes

workforce in NSW) must take out policies in 

have no application if

both States but only pay the premium on 

Seafarers Act applies

remuneration paid for work performed in 

that State

(b)Victorian employers who have a workforce in 

NSW that does not meet the significant test 

[see (a] need only obtain a Victorian policy)

(c)Employers in (b) are expected to have a 

relatively limited risk exposure. Where claims 

against those employers occur in the NSW 

jurisdiction, they will tend to be lodged in the 

Victorian jurisdiction

However, where an injury was incurred in the

NSW jurisdiction and the claim was pursued in

that jurisdiction, it would be met by the NSW

Uninsured Employer Fund

The reverse would hold for NSW employers with

an insignificant workforce [where an injury

occurs in Victoria]

* Unless otherwise stated,

information provided applies

to both Comcare and

Seacare

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