Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act and regulations
The WIRC Act addresses what happens when a Victorian worker is injured.
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Upcoming amendments to the WIRC Act
The WIRC Amendment Bill 2025 was introduced to Parliament on 4 March 2025.
The majority of the changes will take effect following the Bill's passage through Parliament, with the changes related to the increase to the child pension and the obligations relating to return to work coordinators taking effect on a day to be proclaimed.
The WIRC Act 2013 applies until this time.