WorkCover WA is the statutory authority responsible for administering the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 (the Act) on behalf of the state.

Our mission is to minimise the social and economic impact of work-related injury and disease and achieve cost effectiveness for employers and the community.

Our vision is ....."workers, employers, service providers and WorkCover WA working together to achieve a workers' compensation scheme that is fair, accessible to injured workers and affordable to employers and the community."

This area of the website covers two main topics.


About WorkCover WA

Who we are, what we do, our operations, how we govern, employment opportunities and how we are working cooperatively with injured workers, employers and other groups within the community.

About the WA workers' compensation scheme

Information about the law under which those of us working within the workers' compensation system operate and abide, along with statistics and reports on how the scheme is performing.