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> OHS enforcement stepped up in Vic's latest COVID-19 Bill; > Consultation launched for flagged gig safety changes; and > WA introduces COVID-19 disaster payments for workers.
The COVID-19 pandemic and changes forced on employers have given safety professionals a unique opportunity to redesign work practices to eliminate sources of harm, Australian occupational health experts say. Meanwhile, Victoria has extended its state of disaster for COVID-19.
> Employers face protracted COVID-19 restrictions in Vic; > Qld responds to coronavirus cases with face-mask requirement; and > Pop-up COVID clinics set up for freight workers in NSW.
Employers could be fined nearly $200,000 for failing to comply with new notification regulations for COVID-19 in Victoria. Meanwhile, a WHS regulator has issued an alert to help duty holders identify fake respirators during the pandemic.
> COVID-19 and silica updates from NSW, Vic, WA and SWA; > Manslaughter laws come with broader definition of workplace death; and > Inventory overhauled for new risk-based chemical safety system.
> Tougher workplace manslaughter penalties pass in Vic; > OHS amendments and guidebook for hazardous substance commence; and > Electrically unsafe employer fined over severe injuries.
Laws establishing a new safety regulator and transferring "serious" resources cases to the Work Health and Safety Prosecutor have passed in Queensland, with amendments. Meanwhile, a timely Bill mandating vaccinations for healthcare workers has passed in Victoria.
> Worker vaccinations compulsory under new Vic laws; > Electrical safety licensing system passes Parliament; and > Mandatory disease tests to protect more workers in WA.
