WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 155C
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 155C
155C . Return to work programs, employers’ duties as to
(1) An employer of a
worker who has suffered an injury compensable under this Act must ensure that
a return to work program is established for the worker as soon as practicable
after either of the following occurs —
(a) the
worker’s treating medical practitioner advises the employer in writing
that a return to work program should be established for the worker;
(b) the
worker’s treating medical practitioner signs a medical certificate to
the effect that the worker has a total or partial capacity to return to work.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not require a return to work program to be established for a worker
—
(a) who
has returned to the position held by the worker immediately before the injury
occurred; and
(b) who
has a total capacity to work in that position.
(3) An employer must
ensure that the establishment, content and implementation of a return to work
program are in accordance with the code.
Penalty applicable to subsections (1) and (3): $2
000.
[Section 155C inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 118.]