Australia’s workers compensation schemes are a legacy of the strong labour movements of the late 19th and early 20thcenturies, with ‘no fault’ statutory compensation implemented in each of the states after Federation. Since then, state-based workers compensation arrangements have separately evolved to include compulsory insurance, lump sum payments, female workers and injuries that can occur either from orduring employment, rather than both. Collectively the schemes cover 91% of the workforce, excluding the self-employed, sole traders … Continue reading The state of workers compensation