QOTE is the seasonally adjusted amount of Queensland
full-time adult's ordinary time earnings as declared by the
Australian Statistician.
For the purposes of identifying QOTE as per Section 107 of
the Act, this is the Average Weekly Earnings, Seasonally Adjusted,
All Persons, Full Time Adults Ordinary Time Earnings for QLD as
published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Each time QOTE changes, the compensation amounts
payable to injured workers also need to be adjusted-this usually
happens on 1 July each year.
The compensation amounts payable under the Workers'
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (the Act)
include:
- lump sum compensation for latent onset injuries that are
terminal conditions
- weekly payments of compensation
- lump sum compensation
- additional lump sum compensation
- a worker's dependants.
The relevant sections of the Act are section 107 and sections
205 to 207. Your workers' compensation insurer (either WorkCover
Queensland or self-insured employer) can provide more information
about the amounts applicable from 1 July.