Getting weekly compensation
We’ll pay up to 80% of your income as weekly compensation if you’re unable to work or do your usual duties because of an injury we're covering. This means you’ll still get paid while you recover. Apply for weekly compensation using your MyACC account.

Am I eligible for weekly compensation?
You become eligible one week after your injury stopped you from working some or all of your usual job.
Answer the questions below to see if you're eligible.
Understanding weekly compensation
There are some important things to know about applying for weekly compensation and how payments work. We have 3 pages including this one to help you, bookmark them and come back when you need to.
In 2023
148,509
people were paid weekly compensation while unable to work due to injury
In dollars this was
$2.3 billion
of weekly compensation payments