Explanatory Notes

The Return to work (RTW) rate is the percentage of workers who have been off work as a result of their employment-related injury/disease and have returned to work at different points in time from the date of injury (i.e. 4, 13, 26, 52 and 104 weeks).

The cohort for each RTW measure for each reporting month is based on claims with injuries occurring in a 12 month period, with a lag period corresponding to the measure timeframe, to allow for claim development. This ensures that the newest claims to reach maturity for that particular measure are included in the relevant reporting month.

This Metric also allows a comparison by insurer type of workers who are at work at 4, 13 ,26, 52 and 104 week intervals from the date the of injury.

The RTW rates published do not include Coal Mines Insurance (CMI) data. CMI is currently building a new IT platform which is intended to provide SIRA data in line with the broader data requirements of insurers which SIRA licenses (Workers Compensation Insurer Data Reporting Requirements).

Note due to remediation of reported data relating to COVID claims, RTW results using data from January 2023 onwards have significantly increased. This is due to a high number of short-term time loss claims being added to the metric. SIRA will be monitoring the data closely to ensure the results published are an accurate reflection of RTW rates.

While reasonable care has been taken in preparing this data, the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) makes no warranties of any kind about its accuracy, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. SIRA disclaims liability for any kind of loss or damages arising from, or in connection with, the use of any information in this application.

See Glossary and Explanatory Notes for other terms