A NSW micro employer is a business with 5 or less employees and a basic premium tariff <$30,000. A micro employer with an injured worker may experience financial difficulties with return to work (RTW) of an injured employee. WorkCover acknowledges for many micro employers there is a financial burden they can’t afford or sustain. WorkCover is now extending special RTW assistance to these businesses.
Micro Employers RTW Assistance – WorkCover acknowledges that for many micro employers this is a financial burden that they cannot afford or sustain, and the consequence is often that duties are not offered and return to work for the injured worker is delayed.
The return to work assist program for micro employers (the program) supports eligible micro employers to offer duties to an injured worker through a graded return to work plan, while minimising the financial burden to the employer.
The program allows:
• the employer to maintain the alternate work arrangement put in place to cover the duties of the injured worker (eg employing a casual or staff undertaking overtime), and at the same time
• the injured worker to continue to receive their weekly payments from the insurer while they participate in a graded return to work plan.
For further information, please download the WorkCover brochure here.