Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 280

280 Employer to cooperate with WorkCover

(1) An employer against whom negligence is alleged in connection with a claim must cooperate fully with and give WorkCover all information and access to documents in relation to the claim that WorkCover reasonably requires.

(2) WorkCover may recover from the employer as a debt in the Industrial Magistrates Court—

(a) any additional costs reasonably incurred in connection with the claim as a direct result of the employer’s noncompliance with subsection (1) ; and

(b) to the extent that WorkCover’s interests in connection with the claim have been prejudiced as a direct result of the employer’s noncompliance with subsection (1) —an amount reflecting the extent of WorkCover’s prejudice.