Guide To Workers Compensation In Tasmania - WorkCover

specialised insurerAn insurer or proposed insurer whose business is, or is intended to be, specialisedinsurance for employers of a particular class or particular classes.spouseIncludes the person with whom the worker is, or was at the time of their death, ina significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003.StateSection 3Section 3Includes a Territory. Section 3State of connectionMeans the State within which the worker’s employment is connected as determinedby the Act.training agreementAn agreement or contract between an employer and a trainee as described in theVocational Education and Training Act 1994.TribunalSection 3Section 3The Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal. Section 3unitThe amount represented by the ‘basic salary’. During the year beginning 1 January2008, $602.35. This is not the same as a ‘penalty unit’.weekly paymentThe weekly payment made to an incapacitated worker. The amount of weeklypayment is determined by the Act. To be paid on the same days and at the sameintervals as the worker’s normal payday.workerAny person who has entered into, or works under, a contract of service or trainingagreement with an employer, whether by way of manual labour, clerical work orotherwise, and whether the contract is express or implied, or is oral or in writingand any person or class of persons taken to be a worker for the purposes of the Act.When used in relation to a person who has been injured and has died as a result ofthe injury, the term includes the legal personal representatives or dependants of thatperson, or other person, to whom or for whose benefit compensation is payable.workers compensation insurance businessThe business of insuring employers against their liability to their workers underthe Act.working dayIn relation to a worker’s place of employment, any day on which work is normallycarried on at that place.Section 65Section 3Section 3Section 3Section 328