WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 247 Duty to inform replacement worker
WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 247
Duty to inform replacement worker247 Duty to inform replacement worker
(cf IR Act, s 98)
An employer who, within 2 years after dismissing an injured worker, employs a
person to replace the dismissed worker is guilty of an offence unless the
employer first informs the person that the dismissed worker may be entitled
under this Part to be reinstated to carry out the work for which the person is
to be employed.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.