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Working From Home

Weekly WHS Article 23rd August 2022 The last three years have seen major changes in how businesses conduct their operations in Australia....

Workers have WHS duties too

Workers have health and safety duties such as being responsible for their own health and safety and taking care around the people ...

Do Workers Have the Right to Cease or Refuse Unsafe Work?

“A worker may cease, or refuse to carry out, work if the worker has a reasonable concern that to carry out the work would expose the...

Why SafeWork NSW Prosecuted the Worker

A Worker was convicted in early October by the NSW District Court for not complying with his WHS duty under section 28 of the WHS Act....

Deaths from falls

Toolbox Talks: A Closer Look at Workplace Communication

Business owners and Directors: Questions to ask yourself

$40,000 fine for warehouse traffic management plan failures

Business owners, Directors, and CEOs may face up to 25 years imprisonment under new Industrial Manslaughter laws

Lack of training leads to $100,000 fine

Worker amputation leads to two businesses prosecuted and fined

Work Health and Safety Articles

Working From Home

Workers have WHS duties too

Do Workers Have the Right to Cease or Refuse Unsafe Work?

Why SafeWork NSW Prosecuted the Worker

Deaths from falls

Toolbox Talks: A Closer Look at Workplace Communication

Business owners and Directors: Questions to ask yourself

$40,000 fine for warehouse traffic management plan failures

Business owners, Directors, and CEOs may face up to 25 years imprisonment under new Industrial Manslaughter laws

Lack of training leads to $100,000 fine

Worker amputation leads to two businesses prosecuted and fined

Can Workers be prosecuted under the WHS Legislation?

Is vaping in the office ok?

Should an HSC be involved in issue resolution or health and safety disputes?

Labour hire workers and WHS

Upstream Duty Holders

Three Categories of WHS Offences and a Table of NSW Penalty Units (2024-2025)

Judge comes down hard on “reckless indifference”

Man’s hand crushed in machine

HSR training is not “optional”

Truck Driver Killed by Oncoming Truck

WHS ALERT

What is Work Health & Safety Risk Management?

Risk Management for all Industries

What are the Legal Protocols for Reporting a 'Notifiable Incident' in New South Wales?

This term "Officer"

Duty of Care at Work vs. Duty of Care in Society

Electric Burns result in $80,000 fine

NSW Company fined $300,000 after amputation incident

Judge emphasizes WHS duties are non-delegable

Your Views Matter

What are the Key Components of Non-delegable WHS Duties for Businesses?

Tackling Workplace Bullying and Harassment

“Saved by the Law”