Financial penalties from prosecutions involving work health and safety (WHS) laws reached a new high in 2023, according to data from Safe Work Australia. The WHS prosecution dashboard revealed that ...

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Australia’s workplace relations ministers have agreed to insert industrial manslaughter considerations into model WHS laws, paving the way for states without their own legal provisions to adopt the ...

Regulations which would beef up the compliance regime for worker mental health are being considered by the federal government after a review into model Work Health and Safety (WH&S) laws found the ...

Harmonisation of workplace health and safety (WHS) laws should not be a case of the “lowest common denominator”, according to a spokesperson for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

The federal government has filed a bill that would amend national work health and safety laws. The Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022 would reform the current WHS Act of 2011 to include ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Morrison government says employers must abide by existing obligations to stamp out sexual harassment as it comes to a final decision ...