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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 247 Duty to inform replacement worker

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 247

Duty to inform replacement worker

247 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.