New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2010 - REG 25

25 Shared return-to-work programs

(1) For the purposes of section 52 (5) of the 1998 Act, a group of 2 or more employers may establish a single return-to-work program for the members of the group if:

(a) those employers have engaged a person to be a return-to-work co-ordinator for injured workers of those employers on a shared basis, and

(b) in the opinion of the Authority:

(i) those employers are engaged in the same business, or

(ii) those employers operate in the same locality, or

(iii) those employers satisfy any requirements of the return-to-work guidelines imposed for the purposes of this paragraph, and

(c) in the opinion of the Authority, those employers have complied with all of the requirements of the return-to-work guidelines with respect to the establishment of a single return-to-work program for groups of employers.

(2) The return-to-work guidelines can require employers to obtain the approval of the Authority for:

(a) the establishment of a single return-to-work program for a group of employers, and

(b) the terms of a single return-to-work program and any revisions or amendments to those terms.