WorkCover Queensland - Whats New

Working together with small businesses

2013-06-17T12:23:08+10:00

Challenges faced by small businesses when preventing injuries or managing employees return to work were discussed at a recent educational forum

Top tips for renewing your policy

2013-06-12T09:04:10+10:00

WorkCover accident insurance policies will soon need to be renewed for the new financial year.

WorkCover industry classifications released

2013-06-07T11:29:52+10:00

The Queensland Government has released the WorkCover industry classifications and rates dated 7 June 2013 (Gazette).

Worker definition – new legislation passed in Parliament

2013-06-06T10:39:46+10:00

New legislation which changes the definition of a worker for workers’ compensation purposes has been passed in Parliament.

Health issues and prevention in rural areas - conference

2013-06-05T15:36:59+10:00

WorkCover to present at Rural Doctors Association Queensland conference

Businesses awarded $500,000 funding for local work health initiatives

2013-06-04T15:50:45+10:00

Queensland organisations awarded nearly $515,000 to fund programs for safer and healthier workplaces

Workplace management of mental health issues

2013-05-28T12:17:52+10:00

Mental health issues are now widespread in workplaces and employers can no longer afford to ignore them.

RTWMatters opens access to industry information

2013-05-27T10:26:59+10:00

Based on feedback that many in the industry can have difficulty gaining access, Return to Work Matters has decided to make selected best practice articles on the site freely available to individuals.

Parliamentary Committee delivers their report

2013-05-24T09:31:14+10:00

A report on the review of Queensland's workers' compensation scheme, conducted by the Finance and Administration Parliamentary Committee has been tabled in parliament and can be accessed from the Queensland Parliamentary website.

WorkCover Queensland maintains stability for employers

2013-05-22T12:26:27+10:00

Queensland businesses will benefit from stability in workers’ compensation premiums with WorkCover Queensland’s average rate remaining at $1.45 per $100 of wages for the 2013–2014 year.

Queensland Safe Work Awards now open for nominations

2013-05-20T10:35:32+10:00

The Queensland Safe Work Awards are now open for nominations, with three new categories in this year's line up.

Getting help with safety

2013-05-13T09:55:00+10:00

WHSQ have released a "Getting help with safety" information sheet.

Worker definition tabled in Parliament

2013-05-01T11:38:19+10:00

The Queensland Government has tabled a Bill in Parliament proposing a change from 1 July 2013 to the definition of ‘worker’ for the purposes of workers’ compensation.

Media release - Proposed worker definition changes to reduce red tape

2013-05-01T10:12:41+10:00

WorkCover Queensland supports the worker definition tabled in Parliament.

Safety first for Queenslanders

2013-04-30T08:23:41+10:00

Congratulations to the Queensland businesses who were recognised in the National Safe Work Awards.

Young workers – a burning issue for Australian workplaces

2013-04-29T10:39:40+10:00

A fifth of all work-related injuries experienced by Australian workers were incurred by workers aged 25 years and under.

Work health planning guide now available

2013-04-17T14:48:33+10:00

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has released an interactive work health planning guide to assist businesses to improve the health and wellbeing of workers in a workplace setting.

Forum for the mining industry - Thursday 18 April

2013-04-09T14:00:14+10:00

Join us for a mining industry forum focused on developing strategies to prevent and better manage workplace injuries.

Mental stress costs Australian businesses more than $10 billion per year

2013-04-09T10:39:48+10:00

Safe Work Australia has released its first report on work-related mental stress and its associated costs based on an analysis of Australian workers’ compensation claims data from 2008-09 to 2010-11.

New employer performance summary feature

2013-04-09T09:23:09+10:00

WorkCover Queensland has released a new performance summary feature for employers registered with Employer online to help them easily identify injury hot spots in terms of nature and location of an injury.