All About Health and safety representatives

Read or download labour legislation published as Acts and Amendments to the Acts

• Occupational Health and Safety Act

  Aims to provide and regulate health and safety at the workplace for all workers.

Plain English summaries of key topics within labour legislation

• Basic Guide to Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases
  Workers who have a work-related injury or disease must notify their employer as soon as possible after the injury or doctor's diagnosis.
• Basic Guide to Health and Safety Committees
  Health and Safety committees must be formed to perform certain duties and functions.
• Basic Guide to Health and Safety Duties of Workers
  All workers must report all health and safety incidents to their employer and the necessarry health and safety parties.
• Basic Guide to Health and Safety Representatives
  All employers who have 20 or more workers must appoint representatives for monitor health and safety conditions.
• Basic Guide to Rights of Health and Safety Inspectors
  All health and safety inspectors must be allowed entrance to any workplace to obtain evidence. They are entitled to block off unsafe areas in the workplace.
• Basic Guide to the Health and Safety Duties of Employers
  All employers must ensure the health and safety of workers at the workplace.

Regulations and Notices promulgated by the Department of Labour

• OHS - Certificate of Competency
  
• OHS - Diving Regulations
  
• OHS - Driven Machinery regulations
  
• OHS - Electrical Installation Regulations
  
• OHS - Electrical Machinery Regulations
  
• OHS - Environmental regulation for workplaces
  
• OHS - Explosives Regulation
  
• OHS - Facilities Regulations
  
• OHS - Hazardous Biological Agents
  
• OHS - Hazardous Chemical Substances
  
• OHS - Lift Escalator and Passenger Conveyor regulations
  
• OHS - Noise Induced Hearing Loss
  
• OHS - Vessels under pressure regulations
  

Download special reports, guides, and other useful information

• Asbestos guidelines
  
• Criteria for registration as asbestos contractor
  
• Demolition Work Guideline
  
• General Administrative Regulations explanatory notes
  
• Lead Guidelines
  
• Occupational Health and Safety in Schools, Colleges and Universities
  
• Occupational Health and Safety in shopping centres
  
• Silica exposure and its effect on the physiology of workers
  
• What every worker should know about health and safety in the workplace