WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 585
Entitlements to compensation under contract of employment prohibited and void
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 585
Entitlements to compensation under contract of employment prohibited and void
585 Entitlements to compensation under contract of employment prohibited and
void
(1) A contract of employment can not include a provision for accident
pay, or other payment, on account of a worker sustaining an injury.
(2) A
provision of a contract of employment is of no force or effect to the extent
it provides for payment of accident pay, or other payment, on account of a
worker sustaining an injury.
(3) In this section—
"contract of employment" means a contract with a worker or a contract with an
individual in the circumstances mentioned in schedule 2 , part 1 but does not
include an industrial instrument.
