97BWorker entitled during dispute between employers

### 97B Worker entitled during dispute between employers > [*\[Section 97B Inserted by No. 42 of 2007, s. 33, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS33@EN) > > > (1)  Where there is a dispute between employers as to liability but no dispute that a worker is entitled to compensation from some employer for an injury, the employer of the worker at the time of the latest injury is liable to pay compensation under this Act until the question of which employer is liable or how liability is to be apportioned between employers has been resolved. > > > (2)  The worker or his or her dependants, if so required by the employer first liable to pay compensation, is to furnish to the employer the name and address of any employer in whose employment the worker was when any similar injury previously occurred. > > > (3)  If the worker has filed an application for compensation, the respondent employer is to join as a party any other employer who the respondent employer alleges is wholly or partially liable to pay the compensation. > > > (4)  If the worker has not filed an application for compensation, the employer first liable to pay compensation may refer for conciliation under [Division 2](#HPV@HD2@EN) of [Part V](#HPV@EN) the question of whether some other employer is wholly or partially liable to pay compensation. > > > (5)  If the Tribunal finds that the liability to pay compensation arose as a result of one or more injuries, it may order another employer to pay to the employer first liable to pay compensation the whole or a part of the amount of compensation paid to the worker and to pay any further compensation to which the worker is entitled.