Comcare Information
Comcare reports to aim to contribute to a secure, safer, fairer, more productive and socially inclusive Australia. Employess covered under Comcare tend to be Federal employees and some large National companies such as Linfox.
About Comcare
Comcare partners aim to with workers, their employers and unions to keep workers healthy and safe, and reduce the incidence and cost of workplace injury and disease. Comcare is involved with implementing the Australian Government’s policies in federal workplaces to drive social inclusion and productivity.
Comcare have three outcomes to guide them:
1) The protection of the health, safety and welfare at work of workers covered by the Comcare scheme through education, assurance and enforcement.
2) An early and safe return to work and access to compensation for injured workers covered by the Comcare scheme by working in partnership with employers to create best practice in rehabilitation and by providing quick and accurate management of workers’ compensation claims.
3) Access to compensation for people with asbestos-related diseases where the Commonwealth has a liability.
In addition to the above outcomes they also support the Seacare Authority in the delivery of its statutory functions.
