In 2009-10, 567 500 employees were injured while working but only 38 per cent of them received workers' compensation. Work-related injuries in Australia: Who did and didn't receive workers' compensation in 2009-10 is a report from Safe Work Australia which analyses the results of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Work-related Injuries Survey (Catalogue No. 6324.0) in relation to workers' compensation claims.
Some key findings of the report are that only 32% of casuals received workers’ compensation, and young workers were less likely to receive compensation compared with their older counterparts. 9% of employees were not aware of their rights to workers’ compensation or thought they were not eligible for it. The survey also found that 27% of employees who took five or more days off work due to their injury did not apply for workers’ compensation with many using sick leave instead.
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