What is commutation?
Where a partially incapacitated worker is receiving weekly benefits as a top up of his or her loss of earnings, this benefit can, in certain circumstances, be commuted to a once only lump sum payment. Entitlements to weekly benefits may be commuted to a lump sum upon application to the Work Health Court by the employer/insurer or worker, where because of the small amount of the regular payment, the administration cost in making the payments is disproportionate to the benefit received; or otherwise, a worker may apply to the court for a commutation of his or her weekly benefits.
