Workers’-compensation and employer-liability claims. The table below shows indicative settlement bands by jurisdiction; each names its source or is marked as a MyClaimWorth estimate. Bands are starting points for valuation, not quotes for any specific case.
Band figures are pulled from each country page. Each names its source or is marked as a MyClaimWorth estimate. Click any country to read the deeper context.
| Jurisdiction | Band (closest match) | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Scheduled statutory benefits, no pain-and-suffering awardState workers-compensation schedules; value tracks the impairment rating, the wage rate and future medical, and most claims close by compromise-and-release rather than verdict. | US → |
| United Kingdom | Valued on the JC Guidelines bracket for the underlying injuryEmployer-liability claims carry no separate tariff, the injury bracket governs, applied as in any negligence claim. | UK → |
| Ireland | Valued on the Personal Injuries Guidelines bracketAssessed by the Injuries Resolution Board under the Personal Injuries Guidelines (2021), which replaced the Book of Quantum. | Ireland → |
| Canada | Statutory no-fault benefits, no general-damages awardProvincial workers-compensation boards pay wage-loss and permanent-impairment benefits; in exchange workers are barred from suing the employer. | Canada → |
| Australia | Statutory lump sum by whole-person impairmentEach state scheme sets its own WPI threshold for access to common-law damages; below the threshold only statutory benefits are payable. | Australia → |
| Spain | Social Security incapacity benefit, plus baremo award on any civil claimOccupational contingencies are covered by Social Security; the baremo scale governs any civil claim beyond it. | Spain → |
| Italy | INAIL indemnity by impairment percentageCompulsory INAIL cover indemnifies occupational injury; a civil action against the employer requires fault beyond the insured risk. | Italy → |
| Germany | Statutory accident-insurance benefits, no Schmerzensgeld from the employerDGUV cover replaces employer liability; Schmerzensgeld lies only where the employer acted intentionally (SGB VII paras 104-105). | Germany → |
| France | CPAM benefits; enhanced award only on faute inexcusableOccupational accidents are compensated through the CPAM scheme; full tort damages require proof of the employer faute inexcusable. | France → |
| New Zealand | ACC weekly compensation and lump sum, no right to sueThe Accident Compensation scheme bars personal-injury litigation entirely; entitlements are statutory. | NZ → |
| Singapore | Statutory ceilings for death and permanent incapacityWork Injury Compensation Act as amended 2020, a no-fault route with statutory limits, or a common-law claim instead, but not both. | Singapore → |
| Hong Kong | ECO statutory compensation by age and incapacityEmployees Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282), no-fault statutory compensation; a common-law negligence claim may run in addition. | Hong Kong → |
| Japan | Workers-accident-compensation benefit by disability gradeRosai labour-standards insurance pays by disability grade; a separate civil claim requires proof of a safety-duty breach. | Japan → |
| South Korea | IACI benefit by disability gradeIndustrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, statutory benefit by grade; civil damages require employer fault. | S. Korea → |
| Taiwan | Labour-insurance disability benefit by gradeOccupational Accident Labour Protection framework; employer civil liability runs in parallel with the insurance benefit. | Taiwan → |
Bands are the closest-match row for workplace on each country page. Where a country reports multiple severity tiers (minor, moderate, severe), the most severe matching band is shown here; lighter tiers are on the country page itself.
A claim doesn't sit at the median of the band by default. These are the variables that push it toward either end.
A documented prognosis of permanent impairment moves the band toward the upper end across every jurisdiction. Resolved-by-six-months presentations cluster at the lower end.
Contemporaneous treating-physician notes plus an independent specialist report carry more weight than retrospective reconstructions. Gaps invite under-valuation.
Payslips and tax records make special damages calculable. Self-employed claimants need accountants' letters.
A 30% fault finding cuts a band award by 30% in pure-comparative jurisdictions. A 50%+ finding extinguishes recovery in modified-bar states; a 1%+ finding extinguishes recovery in pure contributory states.
Where a cap applies (CA MICRA on med-mal, the Australian state Civil Liability Acts, the Canadian Andrews cap), the upper band is the cap, not the catastrophic-case figure.
Pre-litigation pathways (UK whiplash portal, IE PIAB, AU CTP statutory benefits) cap procedural levers and tend to compress bands toward the median.
Each country page goes deeper: authority document, statute of limitations, fault rule, caps, sub-jurisdictions, key cases, procedural pathway, glossary.
Short, direct answers to the questions people ask most.
Numbers on this page are starting points, not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult a solicitor or attorney qualified in your jurisdiction. See /methodology for how each band is derived, /sources for the standing authority list, and /disclaimer for the scope statement.
