WHSO

National OHS Harmonisation

Harmonisation

National OHS Harmonisation – Your Questions Answered….. Guest Posting from Everything OHS – click HERE to read all of their other great articles, news and updates What are the new laws? Safe Work Australia is developing model work health and safety laws as part of an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments. This initiative [...]

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WHSO no longer required in QLD?

Safety Committee

Recent edition of UQ OHS News expresses concerns about the place of WHSO under new National Harmonisation Laws: The first and most significant of these is the proposed abolition of the Workplace Health and Safety Officer (WHSO) and changing OH&S representatives roles to be more in line with NSW and Victoria. Although we know Queensland [...]

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Do You Need a WHSO in QLD

Safety Rep

Workplace health and safety officers (WHSO) Please not that despite lobbying by Qld Govt, the role of the  WHSO is likely to change dramatically in 2011 under the new national harmonisation laws READ MORE Please see latest comments below Any workplace with 30 or more employees is required by law to have a workplace health [...]

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