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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143F Work capacity of injured workers to be regularly reviewed

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143F

Work capacity of injured workers to be regularly reviewed

(1)  If an injured worker is incapacitated for work for more than 6 months continuously, the injury management co-ordinator must, as soon as practicable after the end of that period and each successive 6-month period until the claim is finalised –
(a) co-ordinate the assessment of the worker's capacity to work; and
(b) consider whether the worker's approved injury management plan should be modified; and
(c) consider options for retraining or redeploying the worker.
(2)  If medical evidence in relation to an injured worker indicates that it is highly unlikely that the worker will be able to engage in the employment in which the worker was engaged before he or she was injured, the injury management co-ordinator must ensure that appropriate options for –
(a) retraining the worker; and
(b) redeploying the worker, including to another workplace or employer –
are reviewed, assessed, considered and implemented.