Handbook

The law relating to the regulation of risks to health and safety of people arising from work activities. Topics include corporate criminal liability for work accidents; the nature and scope of the primary duty of care of businesses and undertakings; the duty of officers of companies and officers of the public sector; the duty of designers, suppliers and manufacturers of plant used at work; the duty of designers and controllers of workplaces; consultation in relation to work health and safety matters; and enforcement of work health and safety standards.

Main Topics

• History and development of work health and safety laws
• Introduction to the Work Health and Safety laws
• Primary duty of care
• Duty of designers, manufacturers, suppliers of plant, substances and structures
• Duty of controllers of workplaces
• Duty of officers
• Duty of workers
• Consultation with workers and other duty holders
• Protection against victimisation for work health and safety issues 
• Incident notification, investigation and management 
• Enforcement of work health and safety laws
• Interaction between work health and safety laws and other areas of regulation - industrial relations, environmental protection and the criminal law
• Assessing the effectiveness of work health and safety regulation in Australia