As the busy Christmas trading period approaches, the Australian Human Rights Commission and Safe Work Australia are urging business leaders to take proactive steps to protect their workers from sexual harassment and workplace violence.

Safe Work Australia has released a new model Code of Practice to provide practical guidance to employers on how to manage health and safety risks related to fatigue at work.

This fact sheet for small businesses outlines how you can manage the risks from fatigue and meet your work health and safety (WHS) duties.  It covers:

This fact sheet provides general information about fatigue and fatigue management for workers. It covers:

Safe Work Australia recently published 5 animations to help employers and workers understand what airborne containments are, how they can impact health, and how to manage the exposure risks.

The animations cover:

Importers, manufacturers, suppliers and users of hazardous chemicals have specific duties under work health and safety (WHS) laws. These are regulated and enforced by WHS regulators. Some chemicals are regulated by other authorities.

Supporting information

Radiofrequency (RF) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), also known as Electromagnetic Emissions or Energy (EME), is non-ionising radiation that is produced by both natural sources (e.g. the sun) and artificial sources. 

This information sheet provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) on managing work health and safety (WHS) risks for workers who may be exposed to

This model Code of Practice provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how eliminate or minimise the risk of fatigue at work so far as is reasonably practicable. 

This template is designed to help document details of any processing of a crystalline silica substance that is high risk, and the control measures used to manage the risks.

PCBUs intending to process a crystalline silica substance must assess and document if the processing of a crystalline silica substance is high risk, before commencing work. This template is designed to help document this assessment.  

Case studies of how to assess if the processing of crystalline silica substances is high risk and examples of appropriate control measures to manage the risks. 

Guidance to assist PCBUs to comply with their requirements under the WHS Regulations to maintain respiratory protective equipment (RPE) to minimise the risk of respirable crystalline silica exposure. 

A checklist designed to assist PCBUs to comply with their requirements under the WHS Regulations to evaluate a respiratory protective equipment (RPE) program.

Guidance about the process for obtaining an exemption from the engineered stone prohibition to carry out work involving the manufacture, supply, processing or installation of engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs.

Examples of permitted work with legacy engineered stone and a summary of WHS duties.

This model Code of Practice provides practical guidance on how to comply with WHS duties to manage risks of working with respirable crystalline silica in the workplace. It is primarily intended for PCBUs. 

This information sheet provides persons conducting a business or undertaking information on engaging an occupational hygienist.

As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) you must eliminate or minimise risks from airborne contaminants in the workplace so far as is reasonably practicable.

Safe Work Australia has released an online airborne contaminants hub to h

Safe Work Australia has published a new

The model Code of Practice: Healthcare and social assistance industry provides guidance for duty holders such as employers in the healthcare and social assistance industry on how to meet their work health and safety (WHS) duties and manage risks in their workplaces.

Note: While this guide was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it provides useful information on how to undertake routine cleaning, and cleaning and disinfection following a case or suspected case of COVID-19, in a non-healthcare workplace. 

COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It spreads through respiratory droplets or small airborne particles when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, and is in close contact with others.

Further information and resources to help you manage the risk of COVID-19 at work. 

This page provides information on control measures used to manage the risk of COVID-19 at work.

This page provides guidance to assist PCBUs manage the risk of exposure to COVID-19 at work.

A PCBU has a duty to eliminate or minimise WHS risks to workers and others at the workplace, including risks from COVID-19, so far as is reasonably practicable.

You have a duty to eliminate or minimise risks to workers and others at the workplace, including from avian influenza, so far as is reasonably practicable.

This page provides persons conducting a business or undertaking with information on avian influenza (bird flu) and their duties under the model WHS laws.

This case study provides an overview of how PCBUs can effectively communicate when consulting with workers on work health and safety, especially workers from migrant and multicultural backgrounds, in a residential aged care setting.

Australian workplaces are diverse. Many workers come from migrant and multicultural backgrounds and may have different communication needs and preferences.

Employers have a duty to provide a healthy and safe workplace for all workers.

Under the model WHS laws, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must ensure workers are provided with the information, training, instruction and supervision required to help them remain healthy and safe in the workplace. 

Workers’ compensation claims for injuries resulting from psychosocial hazards at work are increasing.   In total, serious claims for mental health conditions in 2021-22 resulted in 584,029 working weeks of time lost from work.  

This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia is encouraging all Australians to make safety their business.

National Safe Work Month is held every October and provides an opportunity for workplaces across Australia to recognise the importance of work health and safety.

Safe Work Australia has published the first in a series of case studies focused on managing psychosocial hazards in various industries.

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Rooftop solar installation work involves serious work health and safety risks, including working at heights, falling objects, heat stress and working with electricity.

Our Guide to managing the risks of rooftop solar installation work assists duty holders, primarily PCBUs, to manage the risks to health and safety associated with rooftop solar installation work. 

This resource outlines what additional actions you must take if your work involving silica dust is assessed as high risk.

This resource lists what to include in a silica risk control plan.

This resource outlines how to manage the risks from silica dust by using the hierarchy of control measures.

This resource covers what you must consider to assess the risks of exposure to silica dust at your workplace.

This resource outlines work activities that can produce silica dust.