NSW set to undertake massive overhaul of decades-old work health and safety codes Workplace Health & Safety Melissa Coade 24 May 2023 The NSW government has opened public consultation for five codes of practice in what is being touted as the state’s largest review of workplace safety in decades.
Million-dollar fines and 25 years’ imprisonment: What businesses need to know about new industrial manslaughter laws Legal Neil Salvador 7 August 2020 Industrial manslaughter laws introduced in Victoria last month mean people and organisations can face criminal charges over an employee's death.
“Neglected”: Government to consider improved mental-health protections in WH&S laws Wellbeing Matthew Elmas 28 February 2019 A review into model WH&S laws has advised government to set up a new regulatory framework for employee mental health, arguing it has been neglected.
