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• 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.

Plans to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements for workplace s-xual harassment cases, in Victoria, appear unlikely to be accompanied by recommended OHS changes allowing unions to initiate civil remedy proceedings for safety breaches, and making workplace harassment a notifiable incident.

Employers that choose to implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies in Victoria, for workplace health and safety purposes, will have the power to collect the "vaccination information" of employees, contractors and volunteers, under amendments commencing next week.

• Silica safety duties applied to multiple industries in Vic; and
  
• FWC full bench supports paid FDV leave.

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

• New safety consultation and labour-hire laws commence in Vic;
  
• Consolidated electricity safety laws introduced in Tas; and
  
• Workers' comp changes proposed by Tas.

• New incident notification duties assented and explained; and
  
• Management company breaches WHS Act at warehouse.

• New near-miss duties and injury provisions pass in Vic; and
  
• Miller to identify barriers to managing ACT's psychosocial hazards.

• Prohibition-notice powers for COVID maintained by Vic Bill; and
  
• Employers told to "redouble" safety efforts on release of death toll.

Employers will be required to implement "prevention plans" for psychosocial hazards ranging from aggression and bullying to high job demands, under proposed Victorian provisions that were informed, in part, by agreed changes to the national model WHS laws.