Editing Workers' compensation (section)

===Australia===
As Australia experienced a relatively influential [[Australian labour movement|labour movement]] in the late 19th and early 20th century, statutory compensation was implemented very early in Australia. Each territory has its own legislation and its own governing body.

A typical example is [[WorkSafe Victoria|Work Safe Victoria]], which manages Victoria's workplace safety system. Its responsibilities include helping employees avoid workplace injuries occurring, enforcing Victoria's occupational and safety laws, providing reasonably priced workplace injury insurance for employers, assisting injured workers to return to the workforce, and managing the workers' compensation scheme by ensuring the prompt delivery of appropriate services and adopting prudent financial practices.<ref>About WorkSafe Victoria – WorkSafe Victoria is the manager of Victoria's workplace safety system.

Broadly, the responsibilities of WorkSafe are the following:
    * help avoid workplace injuries occurring
    * enforce Victoria's occupational health and safety laws
    * provide reasonably priced workplace injury insurance for employers
    * help injured workers back into the workforce
    * manage the workers' compensation scheme by ensuring the prompt delivery of appropriate services and adopting prudent financial practices.
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Compensation law in New South Wales has recently (2013) been overhauled by the state government. In a push to speed up the process of claims and to reduce the amount of claims, a threshold of 11% WPI (whole person impairment) was implemented for physical injuries and 15% for psychiatric injuries<ref>{{Cite book|last=WorkCover NSW.|title=WorkCover guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment.|date=2009|publisher=WorkCover NSW|isbn=978-1-74218-027-4|oclc=619680938}}</ref>

Workers' compensation regulators for each of the states and territories are as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcalawyers.com.au/australian-labour-law/ |title=Australian Labour Law |publisher=Henry Carus & Associates |access-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028052732/http://www.hcalawyers.com.au/australian-labour-law/ |archive-date=28 October 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Australian Capital Territory]] – Work Safe Act
* [[New South Wales]] – State Insurance Regulatory Authority (formerly WorkCover NSW)
* [[Northern Territory]] – NT Work Safe
* [[Queensland]] – The Workers' Compensation Regulator (formerly Q-COMP)
* [[South Australia]] – ReturnToWork SA (from 1 July 2015)
* [[Tasmania]] – WorkCover Tasmania
* [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] – WorkSafe Victoria
* [[Western Australia]] – WorkCover WA

Every employer must comply with the state, territory or commonwealth legislation, as listed below, which applies to them:
* Federal legislation – Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sraca1988368/ |title=Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229110008/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sraca1988368/ |archive-date=29 February 2016 }}</ref> 
*New South Wales – [[Workers Compensation Act 1987]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fullhtml/inforce/act+70+1987+FIRST+0+N |title=Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. |access-date=5 March 2016 |archive-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118085234/http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fullhtml/inforce/act+70+1987+FIRST+0+N |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fullhtml/inforce/act+86+1998+FIRST+0+N |title=Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86 |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303111911/https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/fullhtml/inforce/act+86+1998+FIRST+0+N |archive-date=2010-03-03 }}</ref>
*Northern Territory – Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/num_reg/whasulr59o2011652/ |title=Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations (No 59 of 2011) |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307125736/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/num_reg/whasulr59o2011652/ |archive-date=7 March 2016 }}</ref>
*Australian Capital Territory – Workers Compensation Act 1951<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1951-2/default.asp|title=ACT legislation register – Workers Compensation Act 1951 – main page|publisher=Australian Capital Territory |website=www.legislation.act.gov.au|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320033852/http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1951-2/default.asp|archive-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
*Queensland – Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/ |title=Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304163726/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
*South Australia – Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz/c/a/workers+rehabilitation+and+compensation+act+1986.aspx|title=South Australian Legislation|website=www.legislation.sa.gov.au|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407013623/https://legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/WORKERS%20REHABILITATION%20AND%20COMPENSATION%20ACT%201986.aspx|archive-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
*Tasmania – Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/wraca1988400/|title=WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988|website=www.austlii.edu.au|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525002151/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/wraca1988400/|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
*Victoria – Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wiraca2013484/|title=WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013|website=www.austlii.edu.au|access-date=2016-09-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927170931/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wiraca2013484/|archive-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> 
*Western Australia – Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/wcaima1981445/ |title=Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304171513/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/wcaima1981445/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>