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5477 - Education and Early Childhood Learning - WORKERS COMPENSATION

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning
WORKERS COMPENSATION

(1) What were the workers compensation premiums paid for or by the Department of Education, and each agency within the Department of Education cluster, in the following financial years:

(a) 2018/19?

(b) 2019/20?

(c) 2020/21 to date?

(2) How many workers compensation claims have been made in the Department of Education, and each agency inside the Department of Education cluster, in the following financial years:

(a) 2018/19?

(b) 2019/20?

(c) 2020/21 to date?

(3) Of those claims made by staff in the Department of Education, and each agency inside the Department of Education cluster, please provide a breakdown of:

(a) How many required time off work in the following financial years:

(i) 2018/19?

(ii) 2019/20?

(iii) 2020/21 to date?

(b) How many attended work on suitable duties or reduced hours in the following financial years:

(i) 2018/19?

(ii) 2019/20?

(iii) 2020/21 to date?

(c) How many did not require time off work in the following financial years:

(i) 2018/19?

(ii) 2019/20?

(iii) 2020/21 to date?

(4) Of those claims made by staff in the Department of Education, and each agency inside the Department of Education cluster, please provide a breakdown of whether they were:

(a) A physical injury in the following financial years:

(i) 2018/19?

(ii) 2019/20?

(iii) 2020/21 to date?

(b) A psychological injury in the following financial years:

(i) 2018/19?

(ii) 2019/20?

(iii) 2020/21 to date?

(5) How many staff in the Department of Education, and any agency inside the Department of Education cluster, are currently claiming workers compensation?

(a) Of those, how many are not attending work?

(b) Of those, how many are attending work on suitable duties or reduced hours?

(c) Of those, how many did not require time off work?
Answer -

The data used to respond to the Questions on Notice was provided the Department's Insurer through its data warehouse. The data is current to 31 March 2021.

(1) Workers Compensation premiums paid

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

$134,157,088

$9.98 million

$274,595.47

2019/20

$149,679,919

$11.16 million

$360,801.69

2020/21 (YTD)

$206,230,040

$12.16 million

$533,811.10

(2) Total number of workers compensation claims made

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

4771

269

6

2019/20

4020

216

7

2020/21 (YTD)

3158

177

8

(3) 

(a) Cases requiring time off work

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

^2864

*125

1

2019/20

^2478

*94

3

2020/21 (YTD)

^1617

*78

2

^ Case numbers may be duplicated in answers 3a and 3b. Cases may transition between requiring time off work and attending work on suitable duties as part of a life cycle of the claim.

* The above figures for 3 (a) are in line with the Australian WHS Standard definition for LTI, i.e. a full day off work by an employee as a result of a workplace incident.

(b) Cases who returned to suitable duties and/or reduced hours.

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

^4539

66

4

2019/20

^3824

58

3

2020/21 (YTD)

^2869

45

5

(c) Cases that did not require time off work

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

1907

128

1

2019/20

1542

94

1

2020/21 (YTD)

1541

92

1

(4) 

(a) Physical injuries

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

3878

226

6

2019/20

3245

168

4

2020/21 (YTD)

2530

132

8

(b) Psychological injuries

Financial Year

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

2018/19

893

43

0

2019/20

775

48

3

2020/21 (YTD)

628

45

0

(5) Currently claiming

 

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

Total

*3701

277

1

* Case numbers may be duplicated. Cases may transition between requiring time off work and attending work on suitable duties as part f the life cycle of the claim.

Case cohort

Education

TAFE NSW

NESA

(a) Not attending work

969

82

1

(b) Attending work on suitable duties and/ or reduced hours

2671

101

0

(c) Did not require time off work

1185

94

0

 

Question asked on 27 April 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 485
Answer received on 18 May 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 500

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