WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 227 Employer’s obligation to have workplace rehabilitation policy and procedures

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 227

227 Employer’s obligation to have workplace rehabilitation policy and procedures

(1) This section applies if an employer must appoint a rehabilitation and return to work coordinator under section 226 (1) .

(2) The employer must have workplace rehabilitation policy and procedures.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) The employer must, unless the employer has a reasonable excuse, have workplace rehabilitation policy and procedures—

(a) within 6 months after—

(i) establishing a workplace; or

(ii) starting to employ workers at a workplace; or

(b) within a later period approved by the Regulator.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) The employer must review the employer’s workplace rehabilitation policy and procedures at least every 3 years.