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(3) What was the total wages and salaries bill used for calculation of the ACT Government’s Comcare workers compensation premium for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(4) What are the categories of injuries (or mechanism of incidents) and the percentage of accepted claims against each category made by ACT public sector workers for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(5) What is the average estimated cost per claim for each of the injury categories noted above for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(6) What enforcement activity (number and type) has Worksafe ACT taken in relation to ACT Government directorates for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(7) What enforcement activity (number and type) has Worksafe ACT taken in relation to private employers in the ACT for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(8) What are the administrative costs (including staff costs) of Worksafe ACT for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(9) What was the return to work rate for ACT Government employees for each of the following financial years: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010.
(10) Will the ACT Government refer this policy change to a Legislative Assembly Committee so that the likely impact of any proposed changes can be comprehensively assessed.
Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
Questions (1), (2) and (3) are addressed in Table 1.
Table 1 - FTE, wages and salaries, and workers’ compensation premium costs
2009-2010 |
2010-2011 |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 | |
FTE |
18,857 |
19,690 |
20,081 |
20,415 |
21,064 |
Wages/salaries ($M) |
$1,477 |
$1,555 |
$1,679 |
$1,761 |
$1,857 |
Total premium ($M) |
$41.0 |
$47.6 |
$58.0 |
$69.9 |
$81.1 |
Questions (4) and (5) are addressed in Table 2.
Table 2 - Claim numbers and costs (including estimated future costs) for ACT Public Sector workers’ compensation claims. Claims are grouped according to injury type and date of injury.
Column A number of claims with an injury date in that financial year
Column B average cost of claims (including estimated future costs) by injury category
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