Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 161

161 .         Employer may be ordered to establish and implement return to work program

        (1)         A worker may apply for an order of an arbitrator requiring the worker’s employer to —

            (a)         establish and implement a return to work program for the worker in accordance with section 160; or

            (b)         alter the terms of a return to work program for the worker.

        (2)         The arbitrator may require the employer to establish and implement the return to work program if satisfied that —

            (a)         the worker has suffered an injury in respect of which compensation is payable; and

            (b)         the worker is partially incapacitated for work; and

            (c)         the employer has failed to comply with section 160(2).

        (3)         The arbitrator may require the employer to alter the terms of the return to work program if satisfied that any of the obligations placed on the worker under the return to work program are unreasonable.