WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 156B

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 156B

156B .         Arbitrators’ powers as to return to work programs

        (1)         The employer of a worker, or a worker, may apply for an order of an arbitrator requiring the worker to participate in a return to work program.

        (2)         The arbitrator may require the worker to participate in a return to work program if satisfied that —

            (a)         a return to work program is required under section 155C(1) to be established for the worker; and

            (b)         the worker, without reasonable excuse, refuses or has failed to participate in a return to work program; and

            (c)         the establishment, content and implementation of the return to work program are, or will be, in accordance with the code.

        (3)         The arbitrator may require the worker to participate in a return to work program other than that proposed by or on behalf of a party to the application.

        [Section 156B inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 118.]