Work out Victorian weekly payments from earnings, capacity and time on payments
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- In a firm-controlled tool, set the earnings, the certificate of capacity and the weeks already paid against the WorkSafe entitlement periods, and leave the weekly amount for the lawyer. Do not apply a transport loss-of-earnings calculation to a work claim.
- What the lawyer must review
- Apply the WorkSafe entitlement periods. Do not use another scheme's step-down.
- After 130 weeks, list the continuation tests and leave the result.
- Confirm the rates in the Act. The page, not an opened section, states 95 and 80 per cent.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Victoria: WorkSafe weekly payments
Produce. A period-by-period calculation sheet with the percentage, the earnings inputs, and a blank for the lawyer's weekly amount.
Have ready. PIAWE working papers; Certificate of capacity; Weeks already paid; Current earnings, if any.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The worker is in week 40, with a certificate for some hours and current earnings. The tool selects the second-period formula, 80 per cent of PIAWE minus 80 per cent of current earnings, notes that overtime has dropped out, and leaves the dollar result blank. The lawyer decides the amount.
Stop and hand it back when
- The weekly sections of the Act have not been confirmed.
- The claim is a TAC loss-of-earnings benefit and the WorkSafe table is about to be used.
- The continuation tests after 130 weeks are about to be treated as already met.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | In a firm-controlled tool, set the earnings, the certificate of capacity and the weeks already paid against the WorkSafe entitlement periods, and leave the weekly amount for the lawyer. Do not apply a transport loss-of-earnings calculation to a work claim. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- First 13 weeks: 95 per cent of PIAWE up to twice State average weekly earnings if there is no current work capacity, or 95 per cent of PIAWE minus current earnings if there is. Weeks 14 to 130: 80 per cent of PIAWE, or 80 per cent minus 80 per cent of current earnings, up to the statutory maximum. Do not state a dollar maximum.
- PIAWE is generally the average of ordinary earnings for the 52 weeks before injury. A shorter job uses that shorter period. Unpaid leave and periods not worked are excluded. Overtime and shift allowances drop out of PIAWE after 52 weeks.
- The certificate of capacity is the page's source for current work capacity. Do not infer capacity from a medical report the certificate does not adopt.
- After 130 weeks, if the claim reached 130 weeks on or after 31 March 2024, list both tests for no capacity (indefinite, and 21 per cent impairment) and the partial-return tests (returned to work, at least 15 hours and at least $257 a week indexed, unlikely to earn more, and the 21 per cent test). Leave the result.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of capacity / certificate of fitness (SIRA) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SIRA's certificate of capacity and certificate of fitness for workers compensation and CTP, including the doctor's certificate and the person's employment declaration. |
| Motor accidents schedule of earnings (Personal Injury Commission) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the Motor Accidents Division approved schedule of earnings for a merit review, with the weekly-benefit periods and the earnings columns the form sets out. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- WorkSafe Victoria: Weekly payments information · 2026-10-23
- TAC: Loss of earnings benefits · 2026-10-23
A TAC loss-of-earnings benefit is fortnightly for 18 months on pre-accident weekly earnings. It is not this table. Sections stating the weekly percentages were not opened. The lawyer confirms them.
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).