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]

(1)  [Section 143E Subsection (1) substituted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018] 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 about the matter.

(5)  [Section 143E Subsection (5) omitted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(6)  [Section 143E Subsection (6) omitted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 40, Applied:01 Jan 2018] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(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 about the matter.