Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 46A

46A Employer must not take action to avoid compensation process

(1) An employer must not give a benefit or cause detriment to a person if the reason is to influence a worker who has sustained an injury to refrain from—

(a) making an application for compensation for the injury; or

(b) otherwise pursuing an entitlement to compensation for the injury.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.

(2) It does not matter if the reason is the only or main reason, as long as it is a substantial reason.

(3) An employer gives a benefit to a person if the employer—

(a) gives or offers to give the worker or another person a financial or other benefit; or

(b) causes or permits someone else to give or offer to give the worker or another person a financial or other benefit.

(4) An employer causes detriment to a person if the employer causes detriment to the worker or another person.