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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143N Workers to participate in return-to-work process

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143N

Workers to participate in return-to-work process

(1)  An injured worker is to perform any actions that the worker is required to perform under the worker's approved injury management plan or approved return-to-work plan.
(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an action that the worker is not able to perform because of the worker's workplace injuries or for any other reasonable cause.
(3)  A worker who is unable to perform an action that the worker is required to perform under the worker's approved injury management plan or approved return-to-work plan, is to, as soon as practicable –
(a) seek medical advice and, if appropriate, undergo treatment that may enable the worker to perform that action; and
(b) advise the employer and the worker's injury management co-ordinator of the worker's inability and of any medical advice or treatment that has been sought or undergone.
(4)  A worker who is assigned reduced hours in accordance with the worker's approved injury management plan or approved return-to-work plan must take all reasonable steps to ensure that attending a medical practitioner does not interfere with the worker's employment during those hours.
(5)  If a worker fails to comply with a provision of this section, the worker's employer may notify the Tribunal about the matter.