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• Chemicals alert issued with GHS transition period expiring;
  
• New WHS dust regulations further amended in ACT;
  
• Controversial ACT COVID notice followed by WHS amendment; and
  
• RTW guide highlights "the most important relationship".

S-xual harassment committed in "connection with work" will be expressly prohibited under the Fair Work regime, while building productivity laws will re-focus on WHS outcomes, under two of many changes in a major Bill. Meanwhile, new domestic violence leave entitlements have passed Parliament.

• New WHS Code made under Commonwealth jurisdiction;
  
• Frontline workers protected by lengthy jail terms in NSW;
  
• Dust compensation changes commence in NSW; and
  
• WHS notification rules for lead (Pb) tweaked in SA.

• Model WHS changes flagged for hazardous facilities; and
  
• Your workplace's noise could be more hazardous than you think.

• Road death attracts plant-supply charge and fine; and
  
• Exposure limit for coal dust halved under model WHS laws.

The National Cabinet's decision to scrap mandatory isolation requirements for COVID-19 cases will help businesses maintain or increase workforce numbers, but will also require them to maintain stringent health and safety practices to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to peak employer bodies.

Legislation prohibiting conduct creating "hostile" workplace environments, and imposing a positive duty on employers to prevent s-xual harassment, has been introduced by the Federal Government.

• SWA finalises model WHS Code on psychosocial hazards;
  
• OHS Code on tackling language barriers released in Vic; and
  
• Silica advice and revised WHS Codes issued in ACT.

The workplace health and safety standards required of companies tendering for Commonwealth-funded building work could be extended to other procurement areas, under the Federal Government's plan to transfer many of the Australian Building and Construction Commission's powers to WHS regulators.

Employers will soon be required to proactively take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and adopt new procedures for managing psychosocial risks, under new legislation committed to by the Federal Labor Government.