working helps you stay active which is an important part of your treatment and rehabilitation.Īll employers in NSW (except exempt employers) must have a workers compensation policy.staying active after injury reduces pain symptoms and helps you return to your usual activities at home and at work sooner.the longer you are away from work, the likelihood of you ever returning to work declines.
The guide is based on research and evidence about the health benefits of good work and how returning to work and where possible, recovering at work after an injury, can help your healing and recovery process. You can choose your own doctor to act as your nominated treating doctor. This includes your employer, the insurer, workplace rehabilitation providers, doctor and other health providers. This guide explains the roles of all the people, who can provide support to you. For those that do, more than 80 per cent return to work and recover at work within the first 13 weeks. Most injured workers take little or no time off work.
This guide explains the insurance claims process, and provides advice to help you return to work and where possible, recover at work. If you have been injured at work, this guide will help you understand what to do and what to expect during your recovery.įrom when the injury first occurs, there are things you and your employer must do under NSW workers compensation law.
