Under the South Australian Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (the Act), all employers must register, by completing and forwarding an Employer registration form to WorkCover within 14 days of commencing employment, in respect of workers in employment to which the Act applies unless exempted by the regulations.
Employer registration form
Fill in the Employer registration form and send it to WorkCover:
When completing your employer registration form, you are required to provide specific information about your business operations to enable WorkCover to assess risk and administer the Act. We will contact you if we need further information from you to complete your registration.
Once your registration is processed, we'll send you a confirmation letter and a Certificate of Registration. Your Certificate of Registration includes information provided by you such as trading name and address of your business. It also includes information such as your WorkCover employer number, location number, industry class and code, rates and fees that apply, and your total rate to enable you to calculate the amount payable to WorkCover.
Change or amend registration details
Your registration with WorkCoverSA, is ongoing. If there are any changes to you as an employer or your business, to an address of an existing location or if you want to cancel a location or registration details complete the Employer registration amendment form and send it to us within 14 days:
Employer registration amendment form [158KB]
We also need to know about any changes to the location of your business. For example, you might expand and set up branches, or you might move into a new building, in this case you need to send us the Additional location form.
Additional location form [177KB]
Employer responsibilities
As a registered employer you are responsible for:
- paying levy to WorkCover by the due date
- notifying WorkCover within 14 days of any amendment to registration details
- returning the end-of-year reconciliation statement/s
- notifying your claims agent when work-related injuries occur
- sending all claims for compensation to your claims agent using the prescribed form
- paying the first two weeks income maintenance to an injured worker unless exempted or the Buy Out Option applies
- ensuring a healthy and safe work environment.
Example
Josie is the sole proprietor of a small hairdressing salon trading as Classic Hair. She registered with WorkCover when she started employing a worker, being a part-time hairdresser.
Josie as a self-employed person is not a worker under the Act; however, the part-time staff member she employs is a workers under the Act.
After submitting the Employer registration form Josie received a registration pack in the mail, which included her Certificate of Registration with details of her total rate fo rth epurpose of calculating the levy payable to WorkCover and information to assist compliance of her obligations under the Act.
If you are unsure if you should register as an employer view the FAQs, contact us, or phone the Service Centre on 13 18 55 for assistance.