143EReturn-to-work and injury management plans

### 143E Return-to-work and injury management plans > [*\[Section 143E Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS47@EN) > > > (1)  [*\[Section 143E Subsection (1) substituted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS40@Hpa@EN) If a worker suffers a significant injury, the employer must ensure that any return-to-work plan, or injury management plan, that is required under the employer's approved injury management program to be prepared in relation to a worker who has suffered a significant injury, is prepared within the period specified in that program. > > > (2)  A worker's return-to-work plan or injury management plan, and any amendment to such a plan, is to be prepared, as far as is reasonably practicable, in consultation with – > > > > > > (a) the worker; and > > > > > > > (b) the worker's employer; and > > > > > > > (c) the worker's primary treating medical practitioner; and > > > > > > > (d) the employer's insurer, if any; and > > > > > > > (e) the worker's workplace rehabilitation provider, if any; and > > > > > > > (f) the worker's injury management co-ordinator. > > > (3)  A worker's approved return-to-work plan or approved injury management plan, and any amendment to such a plan, takes effect from the day on which the worker and the worker's employer consent to the plan or amendment. > > > (4)  If either a worker or a worker's employer refuses to give consent to an injury management plan or a return-to-work plan, or an amendment to such a plan, the injury management co-ordinator may notify the Tribunal under [section 143Q](#GS143Q@EN) about the matter. > > > (5)  [*\[Section 143E Subsection (5) omitted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS40@Hpb@EN) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   > > > (6)  [*\[Section 143E Subsection (6) omitted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS40@Hpb@EN) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   > > > (7)  If a worker or the worker's employer does not take all reasonable steps to comply with any requirements of the worker's approved return-to-work plan or approved injury management plan, the worker or the worker's employer may notify the Tribunal under [section 143Q](#GS143Q@EN) about the matter. > > > (8)  The – > > > > > > (a) preparation of or giving of consent to a return-to-work plan, or an injury management plan, in relation to an injured worker; or > > > > > > > (b) implementation of an approved return-to-work plan or an approved injury management plan in relation to an injured worker – > > > > is not an admission of liability in respect of any claim that may be made by the worker under this Act.