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939 - Customer Service - WORKERS COMPENSATION SCHEME

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Customer Service

(1) How many workers under the Workers Compensation scheme are self-insured through Woolworths?

(2) How many claims for weekly benefits from the Workers Compensation scheme under Woolworths' self-insurance are:

(a) Currently disbursed?

(b) Pending?

(3) How many claims for weekly benefits from the Workers Compensation scheme under Woolworths' self-insurance were made in:

(a) 2019 to date?

(b) 2018-19?

(c) 2017-18?

(d) 2016-17?

(e) 2015-16?

(f) 2014-15?

(4) How many individuals were cut off from their weekly benefits under s39 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 who were covered under Woolworths' self-insurance in:

(a) 2019 to date?

(b) 2018-19?

(c) 2017-18?

(d) 2016-17?

(e) 2015-16?

(f) 2014-15?

 
Answer -

(1) During the 2018/19 financial year, 58 706 workers were insured through Woolworths.

(a) In October 2019, 470 workers were receiving weekly benefit payments in NSW.

(b) At the end of October 2019, there were 43 pending workers compensation claims in NSW.

(c) 118 (*).

(d) 631.

(e) 611.

(f) 652.

(g) 806.

(h) 883.

(*) Data is from 1 July 2019 to 31 October 2019. More recent data is preliminary due to incomplete reporting and may be revised.

(i) 2.

(j) 15.

(k) 38.

(l) Not applicable.

(m) Not applicable.

(n) Not applicable.

 

Question asked on 10 December 2019 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 154
Answer received on 20 December 2019 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 162

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