Short Description
WorkCover NSW is a statutory authority within the Minister for Commerce's portfolio. Its primary objective is to work in partnership with the NSW community to achieve safe workplaces, effective return to work and security for injured workers.
More Details
WorkCover is committed to:
NSW workplaces being among the safest of the world's modern economies. This will reduce the significant social and economic cost of occupational injury and disease for the individual, industry and the wider community
ensuring that when injuries do occur, the injury management and workers compensation systems operate efficiently and effectively to provide security to those affected.
WorkCover administers and enforces compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS), injury management and workers compensation legislation, and manages the workers compensation system.
WorkCover objectives
WorkCover:
promotes the prevention of work-related injury and diseases, and assists workplaces to become healthier and safer
promotes the prompt, efficient and effective management of injuries to persons at work
ensures the efficient operation of workers compensation insurance arrangements
ensures the appropriate coordination of arrangements for the administration of the schemes to which the workers compensation legislation or the OHS legislation relates.
WorkCover's statutory functions
WorkCover's main statutory functions are to administer the following legislation:
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Workers Compensation Act 1987
Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
Dangerous Goods Act 1975
Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987
Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942
Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978
Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1969
regulations and codes of practice under these Acts.