South Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (SCHEME REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO 17 OF 2008) - SECT 35

35—Amendment of section 58B—Employer's duty to provide work or pay wages

        (1)         Section 58B(1)—at the foot of subsection (1) insert:

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

        (2)         Section 58B—after subsection (2) insert:

        (3)         If a worker who has been incapacitated for work in consequence of a compensable disability undertakes alternative or modified duties under employment or an arrangement that falls outside the worker's contract of service for the employment from which the disability arose, the employer must pay an appropriate wage or salary in respect of those duties unless otherwise determined by the Corporation.