New work health and Safety laws
The WHS Act places the primary duty of care and various other duties and obligations on a ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBU). The meaning of a PCBU is set out in section 5 of the WHS Act. This is a broad concept used to capture all types of modern...
Work health and safety harmonisation update
Nationally uniform work health and safety laws will ensure a consistently high level of protection for all Australians, and over time, reduce the compliance and regulatory burden for businesses which operate across state borders. The harmonised legislation will be...New work health and safety laws in 2012
When will the new legislation come into effect? The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act, model work health and safety regulations, and model codes of practice are anticipated to come into effect on 1 January 2012. What does ‘model’ work health and safety (WHS)...
The model work health and safety bill
On 11 December 2009, the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council endorsed the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Bill. The intention is that the Commonwealth and each state and territory government will enact a workplace health and safety Bill to commence on 1 January...