Workers’-compensation and employer-liability claims. The table below shows indicative settlement bands by jurisdiction, sourced to the published authority on each country page. Bands are starting points for valuation, not quotes for any specific case.
Band figures are pulled from each country page, where they trace to a named authority document. Click any country to read the deeper context.
| Jurisdiction | Band (closest match) | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Scheduled statutory benefits — no pain-and-suffering award | State 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 injury | Employer-liability claims carry no separate tariff — the injury bracket governs, applied as in any negligence claim. | UK → |
| Ireland | Valued on the Personal Injuries Guidelines bracket | Assessed 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 award | Provincial 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 impairment | Each 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 claim | Occupational contingencies are covered by Social Security; the baremo scale governs any civil claim beyond it. | Spain → |
| Italy | INAIL indemnity by impairment percentage | Compulsory 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 employer | DGUV 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 inexcusable | Occupational 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 sue | The Accident Compensation scheme bars personal-injury litigation entirely; entitlements are statutory. | NZ → |
| Singapore | Statutory ceilings for death and permanent incapacity | Work 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 incapacity | Employees 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 grade | Rosai 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 grade | Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act — statutory benefit by grade; civil damages require employer fault. | S. Korea → |
| Taiwan | Labour-insurance disability benefit by grade | Occupational 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.
Each answer is independently coherent — built so AI engines can lift a single Q&A without losing meaning.
Numbers on this page are starting points sourced to the published authority on each country page. They are 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.