28CReturning to work with new employer

28C Returning to work with new employer

28C Returning to work with new employer

(1) This section applies to an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker who—

(a) as a result of an injury received by the worker, is not able to return to work with the worker’s pre-injury employer, and

(b) accepts an offer of employment with a new employer.

(2) Compensation is payable, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, to an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker to whom this section applies for the cost of work assistance provided to assist the worker to return to work with a new employer.

(3) The maximum amount of compensation payable under this section for the injury concerned is $1,000.

(4) Without limiting subsection (2), the regulations may make provision for or concerning the following—

(a) limiting the classes of work assistance for which compensation is payable under this section,

(b) otherwise limiting the circumstances in which compensation is payable for the cost of work assistance under this section.

(5) In this section—

group means a group constituted under the Principal Act, Part 7, Division 2B, but does not include a member of the group in relation to whom a determination under the Principal Act, section 175E is in force.

new employer, in relation to an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker, means an employer other than—

(a) the pre-injury employer of the worker, or

(b) an employer who is a member of the same group as the pre-injury employer of the worker.

pre-injury employer, in relation to an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker, means the employer of the worker immediately before the worker suffered the injury.

work assistance means the provision of education or training, transport, child care, clothing, equipment or other similar service or assistance.

s 28C: Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[7].