Workers Compensation in your Payroll Software – Payments and Claims

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Selecting this menu item displays a list of all Workers Compensation or WorkCover (in SA and QLD) claims and payments.

There are three ways to record Workers Compensation or WorkCover payment or claim:

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$image\bullet.gif$ Enter a payment or claim through the employee record

$image\bullet.gif$ Enter a payment or claim through the Workers Compensation – Payments and Claims. Instructions for this method are covered in this section.

Adding or editing a Workers Compensation/ WorkCover claim or payment

1 From the Lists menu, choose Workers Compensation.

2 To add a compensation Item, click Compensation >New. The Add a Compensation Record window is displayed.
To edit a compensation Item, select the workers compensation item you wish to change and then click Compensation>Edit. The Update Compensation Item window is displayed.

3 On the Employee tab, enter the employee number of the employee who you are recording a claim or payment for. This is entered next to No. When you enter the number and move to another field the employee's first and last names will be automatically entered.

4 On the Insurer tab, the default Insurer details from the Company Details-Insurer Tab are entered. You can change the insurer for this claim/payment by editing the details on the Insurer tab.

5 On the Injury tab, the current date should already be entered for you. If the injury, or payment, is to be entered for another date, right click on the Date and select the correct one.

Injury – Enter a description of the injury. You can enter a maximum of 30 characters for the description.

Amount – Enter the amount of the claim, or payment, under Amount.

6 Click to indicate if the workers compensation item is a $image\radial.gif$ Payment or a $image\radial.gif$ Claim.

7 Click OK.

Deleting a compensation item

To delete a compensation item, select the item, click Compensation>Delete and then click OK to confirm that you want to delete the item. If you remove a compensation item, it will be reflected in the employee's record, Workers Compensation record and audit trail report.

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