Safe work calls for public comment on model work health & safety laws

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Safe Work Australia has announced the second phase of public consultation on the model work health and safety laws will begin next month.
Safe Work Australia will release the draft model Work Health and Safety Regulations and priority model Codes of Practice for public comment for four months until April 2011.

Safe Work’s draft model has been released in support of the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act that was endorsed by the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council in December 2009.

Chair of Safe Work Australia Tom Phillips said the public comment period would provide an opportunity for individuals and organisations to participate in the development of the model Work Health and Safety Regulations and priority model Codes of Practice and ensure their voice is heard.

"We need your views to ensure the model Work Health and Safety Regulations and priority model Codes of Practice are relevant to all Australian workplaces,” he said.

"Model work health and safety laws will allow organisations to effectively manage workplace safety and work to one set of laws regardless of how many states or territories they are operating in.

"This will increase profitability and productivity and most importantly, lead to improved safety for workers and greater certainty for employers," said Mr Phillips.

Safe Work Australia is working in partnership with the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to provide harmonised work health and safety laws across Australia by the end of December 2011.

Thursday 25 Nov, 2010
Safe to Work