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A NSW WHS Bill enabling nationwide criminal record checks of safety representatives has passed Parliament without amendment, despite warnings that the new laws place "no limits" on a minister's powers to veto an elected representative.

A new industry safety standard developed in response to a teenage worker's death, which also attracted one of the highest WHS fines in NSW history, includes guidance on preventing unapproved modifications of scaffolding and will prevent injuries and fatalities, the NSW Government has claimed.

• Work-related COVID restrictions eased in NSW and Vic; and
  
• Employers' fatigue breaches "put road users at risk".

• WHS Regulations made for gig economy platforms in NSW;
  
• Anonymous reports by workers trigger hundreds of WHS interventions; and
  
• COVID capacity-certificate rule applied indefinitely in NSW.

• Criminal checks of safety representatives enabled by NSW WHS Bill; and
  
• Injury-surveillance crackdown agreed to in Vic, in principle.

• PCBU fined over obvious projectile risks and flying rock; and
  
• New WHS Regulations proposed for NSW demolishers.

• Start date for WHS Act proclaimed in WA, Regulations released; and
  
• New WHS Code of Practice commences in NSW.

• Industrial manslaughter Bill introduced to NSW Lower House;
  
• New solar safety Standard commences with transitional provisions; and
  
• Offshore laws with "modified" WHS provisions pass Parliament.

• New WHS Code on psych risks to increase regulatory action, says lawyer; and
  
• Employer survey to inform national RTW framework.

The absence of government orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations does not prevent employers from implementing a mandatory workplace vaccination policy where this is critical to staff safely performing their roles, according to a senior WHS and employment lawyer.