ReturnToWorkSA
ReturnToWorkSA runs SA's work-injury insurance scheme under the Return to Work Act 2014. Employers must insure workers and support their return to work.
Ask Chalkline about this →ReturnToWorkSA is the South Australian workers-compensation scheme regulator and insurer, operating under the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA). It provides work-injury insurance and regulates the SA Return to Work scheme (verified 2026-05-24, ReturnToWorkSA; SA legislation).
What it does:
- Provides work-injury insurance covering injured workers’ wages, reasonable medical treatment, and return-to-work services.
- Regulates the SA scheme and monitors compliance.
Employer obligations under the scheme:
- Hold the work-injury insurance for your workers.
- Retain, employ, and re-employ injured workers, including offering suitable modified or alternative duties.
- Give proper notice before terminating an injured worker.
- Appoint a trained return-to-work coordinator if you have more than 30 employees in SA.
- Provide accurate information (including wages declarations) to ReturnToWorkSA.
For an SA builder: you insure your workers through the SA scheme, and ReturnToWorkSA is the regulator behind it. The scheme is built around recovery and return to work, not just compensation, so injury management and offering suitable duties are real obligations, not optional extras.
ReturnToWorkSA is SA’s equivalent of WorkCover WA, icare (NSW), WorkSafe (VIC), and WorkCover (QLD): each state runs its own workers-comp scheme under its own Act.
Also known as: RTWSA, Return to Work SA.
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Last updated: 2026-05-24. Verified: 2026-05-24. Quarterly review for currency.