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Are employers obliged to provide suitable employment for a worker who is fit to return to work but not fit to perform pre-injury duties?

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Are employers obliged to provide suitable employment for a worker who is fit to return to work but not fit to perform pre-injury duties?

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Under workers compensation law a worker who has been totally or partially incapacitated and who becomes able to return to work, whether on a full time or part time basis, the employer of that worker must, at the request of the worker, provide suitable employment for the worker.