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NSW workers compensation help from Stephen Young Lawyers
NSW Work Injury Claim is the workers compensation service of Stephen Young Lawyers. Stephen Young Lawyers provides the legal service. Stephen Young Lawyers.
Stephen Young Lawyers was established in 2012. The firm is led by Stephen Young, Principal Solicitor and Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law.
Workers across New South Wales can arrange telephone or video appointments. In-person appointments can be arranged at the Sydney office when appropriate.
NSW Work Injury Claim enquiries: (02) 7233 3661
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- NSW Work Injury Claim
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Key legal sources
- Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)
- SIRA workers compensation
- IRO legal assistance for injured workers
- Personal Injury Commission
This information is general in nature and is not legal advice. You should obtain advice about your own circumstances.
Start with the problem currently affecting the claim, such as delayed reporting, a disputed body part, a weekly-payment calculation, treatment approval or return-to-work duties. The guide for that problem explains the relevant NSW rule without assuming that every claim has the same answer.
Keep the insurer notice, Certificate of Capacity, medical reports, payslips, emails and a dated chronology nearby as you read. Those records help distinguish a processing delay from a formal decision and show which review or dispute step may be available.
Starting a claim and worker eligibility
Reporting, identifying the insurer, employment status, travel circumstances and early insurer decisions.
- Can I claim if I reported my work injury late?
- What if my employer refuses to report my injury?
- Can I claim if no workplace incident report was completed?
- How do I find my employer's workers compensation insurer?
- Can casual and part-time workers claim workers compensation?
- How do workers compensation claims work for labour-hire workers?
- Am I a worker, deemed worker or independent contractor?
- Can I claim for an injury while working from home?
- Can I claim for an injury during a lunch or work break?
- Can I claim for an injury while travelling between workplaces?
- Are injuries travelling between home and work covered?
- Can workers compensation continue after resignation, dismissal or redundancy?
- What if my employer has closed down or had no insurance?
- When should provisional liability and weekly payments begin?
Injury causation and consequential conditions
Gradual injuries, occupational disease, aggravation, later body parts and psychological consequences.
- How do I claim a gradual-onset or repetitive-strain injury?
- Can an occupational disease or illness be covered?
- Can work aggravation of a pre-existing condition be claimed?
- What is a consequential injury in NSW workers compensation?
- What if my injury recurs or a new body part becomes affected?
- Can I claim a secondary psychological injury after a physical injury?
Weekly payments and PIAWE
Earnings calculations, multiple jobs, payment interruptions, work capacity and longer-duration claims.
- How are weekly payments calculated if I had two jobs?
- Why are my weekly payments lower, and what earnings should PIAWE include?
- Can I use leave, move interstate or travel overseas while receiving workers compensation?
- Are workers compensation payments taxable, and is superannuation paid?
- What if my employer delays or withholds weekly payments?
- What happens if my Certificate of Capacity expires or has a gap?
- How does returning to work part-time affect weekly payments?
- What happens when weekly payments approach 130 weeks?
- What happens after 260 weeks of weekly payments?
- How does retirement age affect workers compensation payments?
Treatment and recovery at work
Treatment approval, expenses, second opinions, suitable duties and rehabilitation-provider issues.
- Do I need insurer approval before treatment, including emergency care?
- Can I recover medication, pharmacy and treatment-travel expenses?
- Can I choose or change my physiotherapist, psychologist or specialist?
- Can I obtain a second medical opinion during my claim?
- What happens if my employer has no suitable duties?
- What if proposed suitable duties exceed my medical restrictions?
- Can I choose or change my workplace rehabilitation provider?
Insurer conduct and evidence
No-witness claims, delayed decisions, later liability disputes, medical-record requests and surveillance.
2026 reforms and permanent impairment
Principal permanent-impairment assessments, post-reform limits and work-related death benefits.
Need advice about your own claim?
A document-based review can identify the decision, evidence and next step that apply to your circumstances.
Last legally reviewed 11 August 2026