Commission for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation of Commonwealth Employees
Comcare Australia · Comcare
1 December 1988 – 1992
Renamed Comcare in 1992.
Body corporate, known as Comcare Australia, that ran the new Commonwealth employees' workers' compensation and rehabilitation scheme, determining and managing claims and promoting the rehabilitation of injured employees.
Names over time
- Commission for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation of Commonwealth Employees1988–1992
- Comcare1992–present
How it came into existence
Established on 1 December 1988 under the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, which repealed the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 and replaced the Office of the Commissioner for Employees' Compensation.
- Determining and paying compensation claims by Commonwealth employees
Legislation: Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
How it ended
Continued in 1992 under the name Comcare by amendments to the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (retitled the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988), which also created a separate Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to oversee the scheme.
- Oversight of the Commonwealth employees' compensation scheme
- Licensing of self-insurers
Main functions
- Determination and management of compensation claims by Commonwealth employees
- Rehabilitation of injured Commonwealth employees
- Payment of compensation and death benefits
- Oversight of the Commonwealth employees' compensation scheme
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