Lead indicators — Same injury, two accounts
Until now, Australia’s National Return to Work Survey told us about the RTW experience from one side only — injured workers. In 2025, Safe Work Australia introduced an employer cohort for the first time. We now have both perspectives on the same process, even though the 2 surveys sampled separately: each employer reported on their most recent injured worker, not necessarily the same worker who responded to the worker survey. I...
Published 21 July, 2026
