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Know your duties - a tool for working safely
This tool provides information about duties under the model WHS laws, including duties for PCBUs and workers in the agriculture industry, how to meet these duties, and hazards you may face working in agriculture.
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on how to meet the standards of work health and safety (WHS) required under the WHS Act and Regulations in relation to construction work. In this model Code, the word:'should' indicates a recommended…
Use this model Code of Practice if you design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers. This model Code is also relevant for…
This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. The duty is placed on persons conducting a business…
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing risks of plant in the workplace. Use this Code if you: manage or control plant in the workplace install, construct and commission plant. …
Our 2023-24 Annual Report informs Parliament, ministers, governments and the community about our performance in delivering improvements to key work health and safety and workers' compensation arrangements across Australia. Our annual reports are…
In March 2024 Safe Work Australia commissioned the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University to undertake a literature review on harmful behaviours in the workplace. The review undertook research on the prevention and management…
Section 15(3) of the Public Service Act 1999 requires that agencies establish written procedures for determining whether an APS employee, or a former APS employee, in the Agency has breached the Code of Conduct and the sanction (if any) that is to be…
Controlling psychosocial risksIn deciding how to control psychosocial risks, you must consider:the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of workers and other persons to the psychosocial hazardshow the psychosocial hazards may interact or…
Effective consultation with workers improves decision-making about health and safety matters and assists in reducing work-related injuries and illness. Workers can identify tasks or aspects of their work that cause or expose them to psychosocial…
Myths about psychosocial hazardsWorkers need to be tougherWorkers need to change how they react to the problemLet’s just run resilience trainingFact about psychosocial hazards