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title: "Reconcile statutory payments with a work injury damages outcome"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-statutory-payments-with-a-work-injury-damages-outcome"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WD20261023-9"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Reconcile statutory payments with a work injury damages outcome

> In the firm-controlled tool, from the payment history and the heads the lawyer has allowed, list the statutory payments by type and the consequence the opened section states for each if damages are recovered.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | In the firm-controlled tool, from the payment history and the heads the lawyer has allowed, list the statutory payments by type and the consequence the opened section states for each if damages are recovered. Do not calculate a repayment. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide which payments stop, which continue until the payment is issued, and which may have to be repaid. Check the payment history against the insurer's ledger, not against a summary. Keep medical and wage records in the firm-controlled tool only. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a Privacy Act breach is notifiable. |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Separate weekly payments, impairment lump sums, and treatment payments before applying any section.

- What the AI does: In the firm-controlled tool, from the payment history and the heads the lawyer has allowed, list the statutory payments by type and the consequence the opened section states for each if damages are recovered. Do not calculate a repayment.
- What the lawyer does: Decide which payments stop, which continue until damages are paid, and which must be repaid. Check the payment history against the insurer's ledger, not against a summary. Keep medical and wage records in the firm-controlled tool only. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a Privacy Act breach is notifiable.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in personal injury
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Separate weekly payments, impairment lump sums, and treatment payments before applying any section.
2. Apply section 347(2) only where the sole defendant was the employer and pecuniary loss damages are awarded.
3. Do not treat a Queensland lump sum election as a New South Wales repayment.
4. Leave Medicare, Centrelink and NDIS clearances to their own tasks. Note only that WorkSafe says they may reduce a Queensland settlement.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
- This is the worker's side of payments already received. It is not the employer's recovery from a third party's payout.
- Medical and wage records stay in the firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Sources

- [Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) s 347](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wiraca2013484/s347.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) s 237](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s237.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) s 189](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s189.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: Making a common law claim](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/compensation-claims/common-law-claims/making-a-common-law-claim) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA: Work injury damages](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation/what-you-can-claim/work-injury-damages) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA workers compensation claims guide: Work injury damages](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation-claims-guide/understanding-the-claims-journey/work-injury-damages-and-recoveries/work-injury-damages) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Safe Work Australia: Comparison of workers' compensation arrangements, table 5.6 (2023, 29th edition)](https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/book/comparison-wc-arrangements-29ed/chapter-5/table-5_6) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New South Wales pre-injury average weekly earnings worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-piawe-worksheet.md) | Other | Yellow | Worksheet for pre-injury average weekly earnings under Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Schedule 3, and the weekly rates in sections 36 and 37. The indexed maximum is not typed. |
| [Victoria pre-injury average weekly earnings worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-piawe-worksheet.md) | Other | Yellow | Worksheet for pre-injury average weekly earnings under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) sections 153 to 158.… |
| [Queensland normal weekly earnings worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-nwe-worksheet.md) | Other | Yellow | Worksheet for normal weekly earnings under Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) section 106, and the total-incapacity rates in sections 150 and 151.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-statutory-payments-with-a-work-injury-damages-outcome/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-statutory-payments-with-a-work-injury-damages-outcome/victoria.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-statutory-payments-with-a-work-injury-damages-outcome/queensland.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*