Duty to Co-Operate, Part 3 of 4: Functional Abilities

June 30, 2008 - December 31, 2009

RE-02-3

General Information

All employers and workers are obliged under the Workers' Compensation Act S.Y. 2008 (the "Act') to co-operate in the worker's early and safe return to suitable and available employment during recovery from a work-related injury.

Purpose

This policy outlines the legislated responsibility of a health care provider, when requested, to provide the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board (YWCHSB), the worker and the employer, with information concerning the worker's functional abilities, as set out in section 42 of the Act.