New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 15K

15K Shared return-to-work programs

(1) For the purposes of section 52 (5) of the 1998 Act, a group of 2 or more employers may establish a single return-to-work program for the members of the group if:

(a) those employers have engaged a person to be a return-to-work co-ordinator for injured workers of those employers on a shared basis, and

(b) in the opinion of the Authority:

(i) those employers are engaged in the same business, or

(ii) those employers operate in the same locality, or

(iii) those employers satisfy any requirements of the guidelines imposed for the purposes of this paragraph, and

(c) in the opinion of the Authority, those employers have complied with all of the requirements of the guidelines with respect to the establishment of a single return-to-work program for groups of employers.

(2) The guidelines can require employers to obtain the approval of the Authority for:

(a) the establishment of a single return-to-work program for a group of employers, and

(b) the terms of a single return-to-work program and any revisions or amendments to those terms.