Page 2493 - Week 08 - Thursday, 6 August 2015
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2009-2010 |
2010-2011 |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 | ||||||
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A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B | |
|
Musculoskeletal injury/disease |
384 |
$67,320 |
406 |
$77,337 |
368 |
$83,830 |
387 |
$91,995 |
319 |
$88,344 |
|
Psychological injury/disease |
60 |
$210,361 |
50 |
$383,360 |
84 |
$291,956 |
72 |
$186,441 |
59 |
$311,393 |
|
Other injuries/diseases |
135 |
$49,294 |
122 |
$60,884 |
117 |
$31,443 |
106 |
$39,055 |
122 |
$53,852 |
|
Total |
579 |
$77,490 |
578 |
$100,337 |
569 |
$103,783 |
565 |
$94,099 |
500 |
$106,248 |
Question (6)
The question enquires as to the number and type of workers’ compensation regulatory compliance activities WorkSafe ACT has conducted in respect of ACT Government directorates. However WorkSafe ACT is not the workers’ compensation regulator responsible for ACT Government directorates. Currently, the ACT Government’s workers’ compensation obligations arise from Commonwealth legislation and consequently the regulator is Comcare.
WorkSafe ACT does however regulate ACT government directorates’ obligations under work health and safety law. In this respect it conducts education, awareness and enforcement activities. Furthermore, the Safety Support Team within the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate provides a service to ACT Government directorates and agencies on all aspects of establishing and maintaining a safe place of work. They perform a range of activities including establishing risk profiles; involvement in safety audits and subsequent plans for improvement; assisting with the development of targeted risk reduction programs and maintaining the whole of Government Workplace Health and Safety Management System framework.
Question (7) is address in Table 3
Table 3 – WorkSafe workers’ compensation enforcement statistics
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2009-2010 |
2010-2011 |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 | |
|
Workplace visits |
464 |
405 |
718 |
656 |
588 |
|
Formal notices |
43 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Infringement notices |
12 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
|
Matters initiated re lapsed policies |
1,295 |
1,591 |
1,992 |
2,091 |
2,179 |
|
Default notices |
3 |
2 |
32 |
9 |
23 |
|
Recovery notices |
3 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
9 |
|
Amount of premium recovery issued |
$16,207.17 |
$176,948.00 |
$60,135.60 |
$58,491.56 |
$88,033.00 |
Question (8) is address in Table 4
Table 4 - Work Safe Expenses (excluding ACT Health and Support Project and administrative on costs)
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2009-2010* |
2010-2011 |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 | |
|
Employee Expenses |
NA* |
$3,945,916 |
$3,310,588 |
$3,983,731 |
$4,184,953 |
|
Administrative Expenses |
NA* |
$643,055 |
$568,062 |
$501,185 |
$598,177 |
|
Total |
NA* |
$4,588,971 |
$3,878,650 |
$4,484,916 |
$4,783,130 |
*prior to 2010-11 the ‘WorkSafe’ functions were part of a broader Compliance Branch, which was responsible for work safety, fair trading, parking review and other licensing functions. Consequently it is not practical to present financial information for the WorkSafe function in isolation for 2009-10.
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