Weekly benefit payments
If you're injured at work, you may be entitled to receive weekly benefit payments.
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Calculation of weekly payments
Stepdown (13-week and 52-week)
Weekly payments
Weekly payments provide you with some income during your recovery. The amount of weekly payments you receive will vary depending on several factors.
Learn more about weekly payments
Tip: In order to ensure there is no interruption to your wage payments, ensure that you schedule an appointment with your doctor prior to the expiry of your previous certificate of capacity.
Calculation of weekly payments
To work out how much your wage payments should be, your claims service provider (CSP) will need to work out how much your pre-injury average weekly earnings (PIAWE) were.
If you have more than one employer at the time of your injury, be sure to let your CSP know as this may be included in your PIAWE calculation. The CSP will require your relevant pay information from all of your employers.
Learn more about calculating PIAWEStepdown (13-week and 52-week)
Entitlement to weekly payments is time limited and will be adjusted or stopped when you have the ability to work and earn your usual income.
After the first 13 weeks of payment, if you have not returned to 15 hours of work or more per week, your entitlement will drop to 80 per cent of your PIAWE, less any income you earn that week. This is known as a stepdown.
In late 2018, the NSW Government amended the Workers Compensation legislation and removed the 52-week stepdown for shift and overtime earnings.
Learn more about when your weekly payments may be adjusted
Indexation
Indexation is the way that your weekly wage benefit payments are adjusted to keep up with inflation.
Your PIAWE may be indexed on 1 April and 1 October each year from the date that you first become entitled to weekly payments.
