Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)

Workplace Health and Safety (WHS), often referred to as Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) involves the assessment and mitigation of risks that may impact the health, safety or welfare of those in your workplace. This may include the health and safety of your customers, employees, visitors, contractors, volunteers, and suppliers. As a business owner, there are legal requirements that you must comply with to ensure your workplace meets WHS obligations.

The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 provides a farm work to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all works at work. It also protects the health and safety of all other people who might be affected by work.

All workers are protected by the WHS Act, including:

employees
contractors
subcontractors
outworkers
apprentices and trainees
work experience students
volunteers
employers who perform work.

The WHS Act also provides protection for the general public so that their health and safety is not placed at risk by work activities.

The WHS Act places the primary health and safety duty on a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU). The PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers at the workplace. Duties are also placed on officers of a PCBU, workers and other persons at a workplace.

The duty under the WHS Act are qualified by the term "reasonably practicable".

The WHS Act also sets out the requirements for following :

incident notification 
consultation with workers
issue resolution 
inspector power and functions
offenses and penalties


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