76Rehabilitation training and workplace modification

76 Rehabilitation training and workplace modification (1) In addition to any other compensation under this Part, an employer shall pay the costs incurred for such rehabilitation training and workplace modification as is reasonable and necessary for the purpose of this Division for a worker who suffers or is likely to suffer a permanent or long-term incapacity. determining what is necessary and reasonable rehabilitation training and workplace modification in a particular case, there shall be taken into account: (a) the cost of compensation payments and medical and other expenses which will or are likely to be incurred if no rehabilitation training is provided or workplace modification carried out; (b) the likely cost of the rehabilitation training and workplace modification and of alternative training or modifications, if any, available and possible;

Return to Work Act 1986 75 (c) the likely opportunities for the gainful employment of the worker after the proposed training or workplace modification compared with those if no such training was provided or modification carried out; (d) the likely psychological effect on the injured worker of receiving or not receiving the proposed training; (e) the worker's suitability for and attitude to the training, and his or her suitability for and attitude to any other training available and possible; and (f) in the case of workplace modifications: (i) the likely duration of the employment by the employer of the worker; (ii) the benefit or detriment to the employer, or to other workers employed at a workplace, of the workplace modifications; and (iii) the ability of the employer to provide the worker with suitable employment. (3) For the purposes of this section, rehabilitation training includes a workplace based return to work program.