Browsing: Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (ACT)
- COVID-19 triggers broad travel ban for education workers;
- Eye rolling can constitute workplace violence;
- New injury dispute system being made by upcoming NSW Bill; and
- Workers' comp amendments commence in ACT.
- Hazardous chemical site plan, templates and guide released;
- Chemicals Bill streamlines agvet system, introduces new sanctions;
- Environment laws with WHS clause pass in NT;
- Workers' comp changes protect more workers in ACT; and
- NSW amends slow-down safety laws.
- Govt improves asbestos hotline and promises tougher laws;
- New WHS Code, WHS portal and EWP "shop" for Qld, NSW and WA;
- ACT granted workers' comp self-insurance licence;
- Harassment inquiry calls for temporary confidentiality waivers;
- Evacuation breaches dominate WA retail blitz; and
- Pain-reduction plan wins $5k in SWA competition.
- Unsafe employers and supervisor fined;
- National risk standard and Vic safety regulations commence; and
- New laws underpin ACT's workers' comp self-insurance licence.
- WHS amendments pass and commence in NSW;
- Employers' upcoming surveillance rights blocked by ACT Bill; and
- Five OHS Compliance Codes published in Vic.
- New safety bans with $1m fines receive assent in NSW;
- ACT adopts final model WHS Regulations and extended "wiring rules";
- Workers' comp changes progress in ACT and Tas; and
- Hazardous substances regulations commence in NZ today.
- High mine safety fines in doubt with upcoming Qld election;
- ACT introduces new workers' comp fine and triples death benefits;
- PTSD and anti-violence Bills introduced in Tas; and
- New laws protect Vic emergency workers from cars used as weapons.
- Anti-violence policy standardised and mandated in Vic;
- "Fit notes" compulsory in the ACT soon; and
- LPG, amputation, roof and dust alerts issued in Qld.
The ACT Government has scrapped plans to abandon Comcare and establish its own workers' compensation scheme for its 21,000 public servants.
- NSW makes safety regs and code, lauds asbestos changes;
- SafeWork SA's new regulatory model commences today; and
- Catastrophically injured workers now covered for life in ACT.
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