Unions launch work health and safety report amid climate crisis
Unions are calling for new work health and safety laws to better protect workers from climate change, including extreme heat, natural disasters and air pollution. A delegation of union leaders and workers, including nurses, firefighters, and teachers, travelled to Canberra today to launch a new report Work Health and Safety in the Era of Climate […]
Psychosocial hazards in the spotlight
Work health and safety (WHS) laws are largely harmonised across Australia through a set of uniform laws (the model WHS laws). All states and territories other than Victoria have implemented the model WHS laws. Victoria has similar duties under its Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Under these WHS laws, a person conducting a business […]