ICARE PIAWE Review and Remediation Program
19 June 2019
Key Takeaways
If you received workers compensation between October 2012 and October 2019, you may have been underpaid due to PIAWE calculation errors. ICARE estimates $80 million in total underpayments requiring remediation.
• ICARE estimates $80 million in total underpayments to injured workers
• Review covers weekly payments from October 2012 to October 2019
• PIAWE (Pre-Injury Average Weekly Earnings) is calculated over 52 weeks pre-injury
• Eligible workers may receive back payments of underpaid weekly compensation
ICARE NSW is inviting injured workers who received weekly workers compensation payments between October 2012 and October 2019 in NSW to come forward if they believe they may have been underpaid their weekly entitlements by the Workers Compensation Insurer.
ICARE is reviewing all weekly payments made during that period and recalculating the PIAWE (Pre-Injury Average Weekly Earnings) rate to determine if there was an underpayment. If ICARE determines that the Workers Compensation Insurer underpaid, you may be eligible to receive back payments of weekly compensation
The pre-injury average weekly earnings (PIAWE) is the income that an injured worker earned over the 52 week period prior to the injury. The calculation of PIAWE is difficult and the insurers have made many errors when making this determination.
ICARE PIAWE Review and Remediation Program
ICARE has found that many workers have not been paid their correct weekly payments because of the complex process required to determine PIAWE.
There has been an estimate that workers have been underpaid $80 million and iCare now wants to ensure that workers have been paid correctly.
To register your details and request a reassessment of your pre-injury earnings you can do so here on ICARE.
Thank you for reading our article. We hope it helped your understanding of ICARE and PIAWE. Discover valuable insights on PIAWE calculation and managing weekly payments in our informative guide. Should you have any further questions, please contact our office at (02) 8329 9500 or complete a free case assessment here.
Disclaimer
The information contained on this article is of a general nature only and is not intended to be legal advice. The law may have changed since the information was published. There is no intention to create a lawyer-client relationship and you should always seek legal advice about your own personal circumstances.
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