Workcover Compensation Update 2026 – Leo Cussen Centre for Law

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Workcover Compensation Update 2026

Workcover Compensation Update 2026

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Recent WorkCover reforms in Victoria, including changes effective from March 2024 and August 2025, have significantly reshaped the scheme. These reforms affect weekly payments, mental injury claims, death benefits, and employer obligations.

Key changes include a new requirement that workers have at least 21% Whole Person Impairment (WPI) to continue receiving weekly payments after 130 weeks, stricter eligibility criteria for mental injury claims (including a requirement that employment be the strongest contributing cause), and enhanced support for families following a work-related death.

This session will include: 

  • Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025 (Amendment Act) and WorkCover Scheme Modernisation – Key reforms and their practical impact in 2026. 
  • Weekly Payments & Impairment.
  • Psychological / Mental Injury Claims.
  • Family Support & Death Benefits.
  • Code of Claimants’ Rights.
  • Return-to-Work Coordinators – Employers must appoint trained coordinators and provide facilities and paid time for training, with penalties for non-compliance. 
  • Dispute Resolution & Case Law – Updates on procedures and enforceable outcomes under the Workplace Injury Commission.