Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 163

163 .         Duties of worker

        (1)         In this section —

        progress certificate of capacity means a certificate of capacity issued after the certificate of capacity given under section 25(2)(b) to the worker’s employer.

        (2)         An injured worker must, in cooperation with the worker’s employer, make reasonable efforts to return to work.

        (3)         A worker for whom an employer is required to establish a return to work program must participate and cooperate in the establishment of the return to work program.

        (4)         The worker must comply with any reasonable obligations placed on the worker under the worker’s return to work program, including any obligation to undertake workplace rehabilitation.

        (5)         The worker must comply with any requirement to attend a return to work case conference under section 165 and must participate and cooperate in the conference.

        (6)         The worker must give each progress certificate of capacity issued to the worker to the worker’s employer or the employer’s insurer within 7 days after the certificate is given to the worker.

        (7)         Subsection (6) does not apply if the health professional who issues the progress certificate of capacity gives a copy to the worker’s employer or the employer’s insurer within 7 days after the certificate is given to the worker.