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Planning tool · version 1.0

Australia · AUD · ex GST · Customer data only

Build a defensible MSD prevention business case.

Use employer-borne claims cost from the two or three high-claims-cost roles you intend to target, alongside return-to-work data and quoted investment. The model keeps cash savings separate from recovered capacity and shows every year of the calculation.

No hidden benchmark

An actual zero stays zero. The modeller never forces a claim or applies an industry average.

No inferred pricing

Add the customer’s quoted and internal program costs when they are known.

No data submitted

The calculation runs in this browser. Inputs are not sent to JointAction or stored.

Baseline data
01

Establish the baseline

Use the two or three high-claims-cost roles targeted by the program, then enter annual averages from the same complete years. No industry benchmark or minimum claim count is added.

Use consistently coded WMSD or body-stressing claims from the selected two or three high-claims-cost roles. Fractions are retained.

Insured: excess, deductible and uninsured employer costs only. Self-insured: incurred claim cost. Exclude insurer-paid compensation.

Count restricted or modified-duty days in the return-to-work population covered by this business case.

Use a finance-approved value for capacity actually lost per day. Exclude any amount already counted in claims cost.

Planning scenario
02

Choose a planning scenario

These are business-planning assumptions, not promised JointAction outcomes. Custom assumptions need a documented evidence basis.

Investment and finance assumptions
03

Add the real investment

Use the customer’s quote and internal program costs. The calculator does not infer a subscription tier or overwrite entered pricing.

Enter the confirmed annual quote, ex GST. Leave blank while unknown; enter 0 only when a $0 annual quote is confirmed.

Include internal program administration or delivery costs not already in the quote.

Implementation, training, integration and other time-zero costs, ex GST.

Use the same horizon when comparing options.

An editable planning default. Replace 7% with the organisation’s approved hurdle or discount rate.

Benefit realisation profile

Percentage of the selected scenario realised in the first year.

The model assumes 100% of the scenario from year three onward.

The 50% → 80% → 100% profile is a conservative, editable modelling convention—not a product performance claim.

Audit trail

Year-by-year calculation ledger

Benefits and recurring investment are discounted at year end. The one-off implementation cost is applied at time zero.

Annual benefits, investment and net value for the selected value case
PeriodRealisationClaimsRTW capacityInvestmentCash net
Time zero$0Quote required
Year 150%$0$0Quote requiredQuote required
Year 280%$0$0Quote requiredQuote required
Year 3100%$0$0Quote requiredQuote required

Quantified

Employer-retained claims costs and verified restricted-duty capacity only.

Not monetised

Premium movement, capex protection, fines, reputation and general payroll productivity.

Model version

JA-BCM-1.0 · annual planning model

How the model works

Conservative enough to interrogate.

Every quantified benefit has a named baseline, an explicit planning assumption and a visible formula. Use the cash case for the most conservative view; add verified return-to-work capacity only in the economic case.

01 / CASH

Employer-borne claims cost

Annual retained claims cost in the selected high-claims-cost roles × the scenario reduction × the year’s realisation factor.

Insured employers exclude compensation paid by their insurer.

02 / CAPACITY

Return-to-work capacity

Restricted-duty days × verified capacity cost per day × the selected return-to-work improvement × realisation.

General payroll productivity and duplicated claim costs are excluded.

03 / RETURN

Financial return

Benefits and recurring costs are discounted on the same year-end basis. Implementation cost is applied at time zero.

ROI = net present value ÷ present-value investment.

Planning assumptions

Scenarios, not promises.

Modest

About 10% lower injury frequency in the selected high-claims-cost roles and 5% faster return to full duties.

Active

About 20% lower injury frequency in the selected high-claims-cost roles and 10% faster return to full duties.

The default 50% → 80% → 100% realisation profile is an editable modelling convention, not a forecast of JointAction performance. Premium movement, procurement decisions, fines, reputation and wellbeing remain unquantified unless they are assessed independently.

Important

This modeller provides decision support, not actuarial, accounting or financial advice. Outputs depend entirely on the data and assumptions entered. Validate the baseline, cost boundaries, discount rate and investment schedule with finance and, where relevant, your insurer or broker before relying on the result.

A defensible business case starts with the right inputs.