Workers Compensation Review Survey

1. How many employees do you have?

a. No employees, the business only engages occasional casuals and mainly contractors

b. One to five

c. Six to fifteen

d. More than fifteen

2. Has your business had a workers compensation claim?

a. Yes

b. No (if no, skip to question 6)

3a. How many workers compensation claims have been made and accepted in the last 3 years?

3b. How many of the claims caused the employee to be off work for more than one month?

4. In your experience, what was the average time required for an employee on workers compensation to return to pre-injury work (on full duties)?

a. Less than 2 weeks

b. More than 2 weeks to less than 1 month

c. More than 1 month to less than 3 months

d. More than 3 months to less than 6 months

e. More than 6 months to less than 1 year

f. More than 1 year to less than 2 years

g. More than 2 years

Comments

5. In your experience or from others’ experience that you know of, what are the deficiencies of the workers compensation scheme? (Please tick all the boxes that apply)

The insurance arrangements offered to businesses are not optimal insurance arrangements reflecting risk

The scheme is difficult to navigate for all participants with a lot of red tape

Recovery and the health benefits of returning to work are not effectively promoted

Poor handling of the case by the insurance company

Inadequate investigation to identify non-work related injury

Additional issues with workers compensation scheme not mentioned above:

6. The NSW Government has indicated that premiums would need to rise by up to 28% without any reform. Should the premiums be elevated to 28%, would you reduce the number of people you employ?

Yes

Are there other measures that you will need to take to set off the increased labour cost?

7. How would go about reducing the number of your workforce?

a. By natural attrition

b. By implementing redundancies

8. Any further comments?