Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 63

63 .         Reducing or discontinuing income compensation on basis of worker’s return to work

        (1)         An employer must not reduce or discontinue income compensation payments to a worker on the basis of the worker’s return to work unless the employer has informed the worker in accordance with the regulations of —

            (a)         the basis for the reduction or discontinuance with reference to the position to which the worker has returned; and

            (b)         the amount, if any, of income compensation that will be paid to the worker for any partial incapacity for work.

        (2)         An arbitrator dealing with an application for determination of a dispute about a reduction or discontinuation of income compensation payments under this section may —

            (a)         determine whether the worker has returned to work; and

            (b)         determine the amount of income compensation payments; and

            (c)         make an order as to the making of those payments and the amount, if any, of those payments.