The Corporation, under the Fourth Schedule to the Workers Rehabilitation & Compensation (Claims & Registration) Regulations, collects claims data from Self Insured Employers to enable the analysis, information exchange, performance evaluation and national comparisons of claims statistics.
Fourth schedule data
Since 1987 the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) have collated annual claim statistics from all workers compensation jurisdictions throughout Australia.
As workers compensation benefits and entitlements vary between states and territories, the National Data Set for Compensation-based Statistics (NDS) was developed to allow uniformity and to allow for national comparison of this data.
Data Collection
Self-insured employers are required to transmit their Fourth Schedule Data to WorkCover on a fortnightly basis via our secure site. Some of the data submitted is the basis for the comparisons available in the Exempt Employer Reporting Tool.
Explanation of the required format, in which Self Insured Employers are to provide this information to WorkCover electronically, is documented in Exempt Claim Electronic Transfer System.
For a comprehensive list of data included in the NDS visit the ASCC website.