WorkCover QLD is the workers’ compensation insurer established by the QLD Government
This is there to provide workers’ compensation benefits (Statutory Benefits) to workers who are injured in the course of their employment in Queensland, and insurance coverage for the employers of such workers.
WorkCover Queensland was originally established under the Workcover Queensland Act 1996, but since the repeal of that legislation in 2003 it now has its foundations pursuant to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation & Rehabilitation Act 2003.
WorkCover Queensland is a quasi-governmental body set up specifically to provide assistance to injured workers in Queensland and to ensure that employers are able to meet compensation entitlements to their injured workers.
WorkCover Queensland is not the only workers’ compensation insurer in QLD
There are also what are termed “Self-Insurer’s” workers’ compensation schemes in Queensland.
These are usually very large organisations with the capacity to meet the expense of running their own workers’ compensation schemes under the relevant workers’ compensation legislation in Queensland.
Self-insurers handle and meet the costs of claims made by their workers
Self-insurers handle and meet the costs of claims made by their workers for injuries occurring in the course of their work themselves, but WorkCover Queensland is not involved in such claims.
So where a worker who works for a self-insurer is injured in the course of their work, they make their claim for workers’ compensation or for common law damages, against their employer as the self-insurer under the workers’ compensation scheme in Queensland.
All Self-insured employers In Queensland
Below is a list of the workers’ compensation self-insurers in Queensland.
Aged Care Employers Self-insurance Group
07 3251 6256 (RSL Care)
07 3861 1997 (IRM Services Pty Ltd)
07 3360 9111 (TriCare – Aged Care Employers Self-Insurance Group)
Arnott’s Biscuits Limited
07 3243 5602
Arrium Limited (formerly OneSteel)
07 3275 8455
Aurizon Operations Limited (formerly QR National)
07 3019 8084
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
07 3947 5946
BHP Billiton Limited
1800 247 927
Brisbane City Council
07 3403 9530
CSR Limited
07 3212 6433 (Building products claims)
07 4722 1977 (Sugar claims)
Coles Group Limited
07 3347 0900
Council of the City of Gold Coast
07 5581 7304
Glencore Queensland Limited
07 3115 5491
Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited
07 3902 8517
JBS Australia Pty Limited
07 3810 2305
Jupiters Limited
07 3005 1624
Local Government Workcare
07 3000 5530
Myer Holdings Limited
07 3550 4142
Primary Health Care Limited
07 3121 4624
Qantas Airways Limited
07 3238 2001
Queensland Rail Limited
07 3072 0050
Redland City Council
07 3829 8339
Teys Australia Meat Group
07 3382 5178
The University of Queensland
07 3365 6022
Toll Holdings Limited
07 3246 2880
Townsville City Council
07 4773 8406
Westpac Banking Corporation
07 3227 2490
Wilmar Sugar
07 4722 1977
Woolworths Limited
07 3213 4307
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