19 March 2020 |
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This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines how volunteers can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the organisations they volunteer…
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- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
03 February 2020 |
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This guide provides information for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) involving the supply of workers (labour hire PCBUs) to work for another business or undertaking (host PCBUs) on complying with their health and safety duties under…
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- Labour hire
- Law and regulation
- Model WHS Laws
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 26 Apr 2022
19 November 2020 |
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This document provides guidance on the standard of health and safety that a PCBU must meet under the WHS Act and Regulations. A PCBU must do what is ‘reasonably practicable’ to ensure health and safety.
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- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 26 Apr 2022
20 March 2020 |
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A general guide to help people understand their health and safety duties and rights at work.
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- Law and regulation
- Model WHS Laws
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 26 Apr 2022
19 March 2020 |
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This guide provides an overview of the structure of the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations. This guide will help readers identify what duties or rights are contained in each Part of the model WHS Regulations, and direct readers to other…
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- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
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Use this guide to manage health and safety risks associated with high pressure water jetting operations.
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- Managing health and safety
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 05 Oct 2021
25 September 2020 |
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This document provides guidance on the interpretation and application of specific terms and concepts used in the provisions of the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act to prohibit discriminatory, coercive or misleading conduct.
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- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 29 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
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This handbook provides guidance on good work design. It includes the 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry.
You can apply the principles to designing:
structures, plant and substances
work, work processes and systems…
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- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Sitting and standing
- Sedentary work
- Safe design
- Good work design
- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
- Health, illness and disease
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 28 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
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This document provides guidance on the interpretation and application of section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act, including who will be an 'officer' and what it will mean for them.
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- Model WHS Laws
- Officer duty
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 17 Aug 2021