Workers compensation in NSW
The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) is the government organisation responsible for regulating the NSW workers compensation system. SIRA assumed the insurance regulatory functions of WorkCover on 1 September 2015. SafeWork NSW is the regulator for workplace health and safety in NSW.
There are three types of insurers in the NSW workers compensation system:
- i-care
- self-insurers
- specialised insurers
Regardless of which type of insurer is involved, they all have an obligation to support employers and their workers during the recovery process and manage the claim to ensure entitlements are received.
Learn more
- SafeWork NSW
- NSW Government: Safety in the Workplace
- NSW Government: Reducing the risk of muscular-skeletal injury in the workplace
- SafeWork NSW: Resource Library
- State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA)
- SIRA: A to Z of Service Providers
- SIRA: Treatment Advice Centre (assistance treating injured people)
- Insurance and Care NSW: icare
- icare: The NSW Workers Compensation System
- Compensation Systems – Chronic Pain Australia
- Rehabilitation in Workers Compensation – Chronic Pain Australia
- icare website
- EML resources
- Comcare website
- GIO workers compensation
- Allianz workers compensation
- Medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses explained
- Domestic assistance after injury explained
- New employment assistance payments explained
- Education or training assistance payments explained
- WIRO (Workers Compensation Independent Review Office)
- Centrelink: Department of Human Services
- Have you been injured? website
- Housing Pathways
- Financial Rights Legal Centre
- Human Services Network
- Ability Links