To be eligible for this licence an employer must:
- be a body corporate or in the case of a group of employers, related bodies
- be familiar with the legislation
- have completed and submitted an Expression of Interest for registration as a single or group self-insured employer
As part of the assessment for initial registration, an employer must be able to demonstrate:
- a significant level of employment
- an ability to meet liabilities relating to workers compensation claims
- established work health and safety systems
- a good record in relation to serious injuries and interaction with the safe work organisation
- appropriate financial, human and physical resource to the administration of its claims and rehabilitation activities\preparedness for injury management
- a history of appropriate rehabilitation outcomes and provision of suitable employment
- a better than industry group (based on levy rate) record over recent years in the incidence and severity of claims incurred
- consultation with appropriate industrial associations.
