RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 17

RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 17

17—Employers

        (1)         An employer of a worker who has suffered a work injury is entitled to expect—

            (a)         early intervention by the Corporation in providing recovery and return to work services to the worker; and

            (b)         the Corporation to act fairly and reasonably in a manner consistent with the requirements of this Act; and

            (c)         support in managing claims and the provision of services available to the worker under this Act.

        (2)         The employer of a worker who has suffered a work injury must, in a manner consistent with the objects of this Act, so far as is reasonably practicable—

            (a)         support the worker in the worker's participation in activities designed to enable the worker to recover and return to work; and

            (b)         without limiting paragraph (a)—

                  (i)         participate and cooperate in the establishment of any recovery/return to work plan that is required for the worker; and

                  (ii)         comply with obligations imposed on the employer by or under a recovery/return to work plan for the worker; and

            (c)         take reasonable steps to mitigate any possible loss on account of the work injury.

        (3)         This section does not give rise to substantive rights or liabilities (but nothing in this section detracts from rights or liabilities established or prescribed under other relevant provisions of this Act (including section 18)).