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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 154 Worker's right to information

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 154

Worker's right to information

(1)  A worker shall be entitled to inquire of his employer the name and address of the insurer from whom the employer has obtained a policy of insurance under this Act and, if the worker so requires, to examine the policy document or, if the employer is a self-insurer, to be so informed.
(2)  An employer or a person acting for an employer in the management of the business in which a worker is employed who refuses to supply to the worker particulars requested under subsection (1) or the policy document for examination or who, in reply to an inquiry under that subsection, gives information which to his knowledge is false or misleading, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.