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 to employ 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.
A Certificate of registration will be sent once the registration process is completed. 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. If WorkCover determines that your annual levy liability will exceed $2,000, a tax invoice will also be sent to advise the levy due and payment due date(s). If your levy liability is equal to or less than $2,000 you will receive a tax invoice detailing the annual levy payable and due date in December 2009.
Change or amend registration details
Your registration with WorkCover 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, complete the Application to amend employer registration details form and send it to us within 14 days:
Application to amend employer registration details form [136KB]
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 Application to provide additional location details form.
Application to provide additional location details form [250KB]
Employer responsibilities
As a registered employer you are responsible for:
- paying the correct levy to WorkCover by the due date
- advising WorkCover of revised estimates of remuneration as required by the Act
- notifying WorkCover within 14 days of any amendment to registration details (eg, change of address, contact person, locations, trading name, main activity)
- providing an estimate of remuneration as required by the Act
- providing a statement of actual remuneration as required by the Act
- complying with legislation including the requirement to appoint a rehabilitation and rehabilitation and return to work coordinator in the workplace if you have more than 30 workers unless you are exempt under the regulations
- reporting injuries at your workplace when they occur to Employers Mutual
- forwarding all claims for compensation to Employers Mutual or WorkCover in writing, using a WorkCover Claim form, by submitting an online claim, or by phoning in with the required claim information, within five days (or within two business days if the employer wishes to take advantage of the incentive for early reporting of claims)
- paying the first two weeks income maintenance to an injured worker (ie, a maximum of two weeks per calendar year per worker) unless the employer has taken advantage of the incentive for early reporting of injuries taking steps to prevent injuries from occurring wherever possible by providing 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, any part-time staff she may employ are 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 levy rate and information to assist compliance of her obligations under the Act. As a small employer Josie will receive a tax invoice in December 2009 advising her of the annual levy payable.
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.