WorkCover is a government-run workers’ compensation scheme that provides benefits and support to workers who are injured or become ill as a result of their work.

Who is eligible to make a WorkCover claim?

Any employee in NSW who suffers a work-related injury or illness may be eligible to claim.

What benefits can I receive under WorkCover?

You may receive wage support, medical care, rehabilitation, and lump sum payments for permanent impairment.

Are WorkCover benefits limited or capped?

Yes, benefits are capped and depend on your earnings, injury type, and level of impairment.

How is compensation calculated?

Compensation is based on your pre-injury income, medical assessments, and work capacity.

Can I claim lump sum compensation?

Only workers with a permanent impairment above a set threshold may claim this compensation.

Will I receive weekly payments while I’m unable to work?

Yes, weekly payments cover a percentage of the income you lose while unable to work.

Workers Comp · Inner Sydney

Workers Comp in Sydenham — Where to Start

Injured at work? Here’s exactly what to do next.

Rail work on the metro sits alongside the breweries, food producers and warehouses that fill the old factory stock around Sydenham. The claims process is identical across all of it, and it hinges on a doctor documenting the injury on a Certificate of Capacity. We book a WorkCover doctor for picking and lifting injuries, brewery floor slips and production burns. An accepted claim pays for the physio we line up.

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Workers Comp Help in Sydenham

The first 3 steps

Workers Comp in Sydenham — How It Starts

See a WorkCover doctor

For HGV driver back injuries, forklift incidents, or loading-dock crush trauma, your first stop is a WorkCover-trained doctor.

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Get your Certificate of Capacity

Your doctor writes this at the first visit. It’s the legal document that proves you have a work injury and tells the insurer how much you can work and what treatment you need. We make sure it reaches your employer and insurer.

Notify your employer

You’re legally required to tell your employer about a work injury — a text or email is enough. Once they get your Certificate of Capacity, they pass it to their workers comp insurer. The claim opens, and wages and treatment get covered from that point.

Common workers comp claims in Sydenham

Workers comp claims in Sydenham most often come from the local logistics and manufacturing workforces, alongside the back, shoulder, and stress injuries common across every industry.

Sydenham is a small wedge of warehouses, brewers, and light industry between the railway and the airport flightpath, with most local workers in logistics, brewing and food production, and the Marrickville creative-industries scene. WorkCover claims around Sydenham skew toward back and shoulder injuries from warehouse picking, brewery floor slips, and the burns typical of small-scale food manufacturing. The metro construction has added rail-tradie claims.

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