Reconcile a Victorian claim form with the treatment chronology and wage records
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- In a firm-controlled tool, compare the injury date, mechanism, body parts and time off work on a Victorian workers' or transport claim with the chronology and wage records, and list inconsistencies for the lawyer.
- What the lawyer must review
- Confirm each difference against the source record before the form is lodged.
- Do not complete an authority or any verification part of the form.
- Keep the records in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Victoria: a WorkSafe workers' injury claim and a Transport Accident Commission Part 3 claim
Produce. A comparison of dates, mechanism, body parts and time off work, each tied to a source, for the lawyer to check before lodgement.
Have ready. Draft claim form; Clinical chronology; Wage records; Certificates of capacity.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The form says a fall on one date and the discharge summary says a lifting incident the next day. The tool lists both dates and the pages. The lawyer decides which date the form should carry.
Stop and hand it back when
- The authority or a verification part of the form would have to be completed.
- The records are available only in a public tool.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | In a firm-controlled tool, compare the injury date, mechanism, body parts and time off work on a Victorian workers' or transport claim with the chronology and wage records, and list inconsistencies for the lawyer. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Match the date, mechanism and body parts on the workers' injury claim or the TAC compensation claim with the clinical chronology.
- Match time off work with the wage records and any certificate of capacity, without treating a mismatch as an admission.
- Keep the WorkSafe report-to-employer step (as soon as possible, and within 30 days, in writing) separate from the TAC claim time in section 68.
- Do not complete an authority to release medical information, or any verification part of the form.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker's injury claim form (SIRA): weekly payments and treatment expenses | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SIRA's worker's injury claim form for weekly payments and treatment costs, with the sections every claim needs, the signed declaration, and the certificate of capacity to send with it. |
| Application for review (SAET form A02, Return to Work): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SAET form A02, Application for Review (Return to Work), on the start-a-new-case page. |
| TAC online claim lodgement: what to gather and when the claim is lodged | Form | AI use Yellow | Guide to the Transport Accident Commission's online claim form: the 12-month lodgement period, the documents the form asks for, and the rule that a saved draft is kept for 10 days. |
| Workers compensation claim form (WorkCover WA): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkCover WA claim form page. |
| Application for expedited decision (SAET form A03): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SAET form A03, Application for Expedited Decision (Return to Work), named on the start-a-new-case page. |
| Authority for an employer to release wage and incident records | Form | AI use Yellow | Signed authority for one employer to release incident, wage, leave and role records for a stated period, with a short covering letter. |
| Economic loss workings: past, future and superannuation | Other | AI use Yellow | Workings for loss of earning capacity, the three-times earnings cap, the discount rate, superannuation at the rate for each period, and tax on weekly payments that must be repaid gross. |
| Letter to an employer asking for incident documents, a footage hold and wage records | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter, with the worker's authority, asking an employer for time and wage records and for the incident report, and asking the employer to keep any footage of the incident. |
| Application for suitable employment (SAET form A04): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SAET form A04, Application for Suitable Employment (Return to Work), named on the start-a-new-case page. |
| Work injury claim (ReturnToWorkSA online): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the ReturnToWorkSA page for reporting an injury or making a claim. |
| Application for payment of wages (SAET form A06): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SAET form A06, Application for payment of wages under the Return to Work Act, named on the start-a-new-case page. |
| Application for mediation (NT WorkSafe): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the NT WorkSafe application for mediation under the Return to Work Act 1986. |
| Workers compensation claim form (WorkSafe Tasmania): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe Tasmania page for accessing a workers compensation claim form. |
| Workers compensation claim (WorkSafe ACT): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe ACT page on how to make a workers compensation claim. |
| Workers compensation claim form (NT WorkSafe): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the NT WorkSafe approved workers compensation claim form for a claim other than death. |
| WorkSafe worker's injury claim form: completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Guide to the WorkSafe worker's injury claim form, in myWorkSafe or as a PDF, including the certificate of capacity, the signed medical authority and declaration, and mental-injury rules from 31 March 2024. |
| Treatment chronology from health records | Other | AI use Yellow | A page-cited chronology of treatment, complaints and findings drawn from health records, with a verification log. |
| WorkCover Queensland application for compensation | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe page for making a workers' compensation claim: a valid application needs the approved form and a work capacity certificate. |
| Medical records index | Other | AI use Yellow | An index of health records by provider, date, source and page, marking subpoenaed or suppressed material that must not go into a generative tool unless the court's conditions are met. |
| Work capacity certificate for a Queensland workers' compensation claim | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe work capacity certificate page: the claim is not valid without it. |
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Sources
- WorkSafe Victoria: What to do when you have been injured at work · 2026-10-23
- Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) section 68 · 2026-10-23
- Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) section 20 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 25 · 2026-10-23
WorkSafe's page says the worker reports the injury to the manager in writing as soon as possible and within 30 days. That report is separate from section 20. Section 20(8) requires a weekly-payments claim as soon as practicable after the incapacity becomes known, certain death claims within 2 years of the death, and a Division 7 of Part 5 claim within 6 months of the relevant service. Subsection (9) allows a waiver for a special excuse. Section 20(3) requires a signed authority on a claim other than a death claim. Do not complete that authority.
Transport Accident Act 1986 section 68 times a Part 3 compensation claim: within one year after the accident or death, or after the injury first manifests if none did at the time. The Commission may accept a later claim before three years after the accident, the death, or the injury first manifesting, if there are reasonable grounds for the delay. If the injured person, or a dependent child of a person who dies, was under 18 at the accident and no claim has been made, that person may claim before age 21 or within 3 years after the accident, whichever is the later. That extension is despite subsection (1) and is subject to subsection (2).
Keep health, wage and scheme records in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
If the product supports a court document, apply the note for that court: Supreme Court Practice Note SC GEN 25 (14 May 2026), the County Court practice note on artificial intelligence by court users (5 June 2026), or the Magistrates' Court guidelines issued 19 October 2026. One tool cannot verify another. Do not put confidential or sensitive information into a public tool.