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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.
01 January 2012 |
Guidance materials
Information on the representation and participation of workers in health and safety matters at the workplace, as well as guidance on resolving health and safety issues.
Document
Page last updated: 14 Jun 2022
01 November 2013 |
Model Codes of Practice
If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), this model Code of Practice provides practical guidance on how to effectively consult with workers about work health and safety and meet your duties under the work health and safety (WHS) Act…
Document
Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
01 October 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
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 anyone making…
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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
This educational resource provides guidance about work health and safety and safe work design.
It covers the evidence and theory behind the principles of good work design. Further guidance is available in:
Document
Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
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…
Document
Page last updated: 28 Sep 2021
10 December 2020 |
Corporate publications
Our People Strategy 2020-2021 sets the strategic direction of the human resources function of our agency and aims to strengthen and leverage the talents of our employees, to enable them to be and do their best.
Document
Page last updated: 18 Aug 2021
29 August 2016 |
Video and audio
Our panellists suggest practical ways to use supply chains to protect the health and safety of workers, emphasising the importance of consultation and cooperation.
Who is this presentation for?
Business leaders in large and small enterprises, workers,…
Video
Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
04 October 2016 |
Video and audio
In this seminar, Dr Carmel Harrington and Professor Drew Dawson examine why fatigue management is important from both a worker and a business perspective and what businesses and workers can do to manage the risks caused by fatigue in the workplace.
Video
Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
26 October 2015 |
Video and audio
Professor Parker discusses the principles of good work design, why they are important, and how we can use them to make workplaces safer and improve workers’ wellbeing.
She emphasises that good work design is not a one-size-fits-all strategy – it must…
Video
Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
Video and audio
Today’s society is increasingly focused on a 24/7 economy and the expectations on people to work at all hours of the day have increased.
Research shows that shift work and irregular or long working hours, can adversely affect the health, safety and…
Video