48Return to work obligations of worker

#### 48 Return to work obligations of worker 48 Return to work obligations of worker > > (1) A worker who has current work capacity must, in co-operation with the employer or insurer, make reasonable efforts to return to work in suitable employment or pre-injury employment at the worker’s place of employment or at another place of employment. > > > (2) For the purposes of this section, a worker is to be treated as making a reasonable effort to return to work in suitable employment or pre-injury employment during any reasonable period in which— > > > > > (a) the worker is waiting for the commencement of a workplace rehabilitation service that is required to be provided under an injury management plan for the worker, or > > > > > (b) the worker is waiting for a response to a request for suitable employment or pre-injury employment made by the worker and received by the employer, or > > > > > (c) if the employer’s response is that suitable employment or pre-injury employment will be provided at some time, the worker is waiting for suitable employment or pre-injury employment to commence. > > **s 48:** Subst 2012 No 53, Sch 1.2 \[4\].