Workers’ compensation legislation requires you to take out workers’ compensation insurance to cover injuries to your workers that occur during the course of employment.
Typically, when you use labour hire to engage a worker, the fee charged by the labour hire agency includes provisions for the costs of workers’ compensation insurance.
Even if a worker’s injury or illness is not work-related or was due to previous employment, you may be required to compensate the worker if their work with you is a significant contributing factor to the aggravation, exacerbation or deterioration...