143PDisputes about injury management

143P Disputes about injury management

[Section 143P Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

(1)  An employer or insurer, as soon as practicable after making a significant decision in relation to the injury management in respect of a worker, is to notify the worker of –

(a) the decision; and

(b) the reasons why the decision was made.

(2)  A worker's employer is to inform the worker's injury management co-ordinator as soon as practicable after a dispute arises in relation to injury management in respect of the worker.

(3)  An injury management co-ordinator is to attempt to resolve any dispute of which the co-ordinator is informed under subsection (2) by, as soon as practicable –

(a) informally mediating between the parties to the dispute; or

(b) discussing the matter individually with each party to the dispute.

(4)  A party to a dispute of which an injury management co-ordinator is informed under subsection (2) may notify the Tribunal about the dispute, if the dispute is not resolved to the party's satisfaction.