Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 159

159 .         Employer must establish injury management system

        (1)         In this section —

        injury management system means a process setting out the steps to be followed when there is an injury from employment.

        (2)         An employer must ensure that —

            (a)         an injury management system is established and implemented in accordance with the regulations in relation to workers employed by the employer; and

            (b)         the injury management system is described in a document that is available to the workers.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (3)         The regulations may deal with the following —

            (a)         the content of an injury management system, including the matters that must be included in an injury management system;

            (b)         implementation of the injury management system.