Browsing: Workers' comp legislation, regulations, standards and codes (NSW)



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2:18PM

Psychosocial risk assessments demanded by inquiry

A WHS regulator will enforce the utilisation of risk assessments for psychosocial hazards in psychologically dangerous workplaces, under one of 18 recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into NSW's workers' compensation system.


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2:22PM

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1:03PM

New WHS Code made; Anti-violence laws commence; more

  • 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.

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2:12PM

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10:12AM

WHS Regs made for gig work; App triggers actions; more

  • 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.

WED
12:59PM

COVID repeal Bill hits parliamentary inquiry hurdle

Police officers are among those who have applauded a parliamentary inquiry's call for the NSW Upper House to reject a Bill scrapping presumptive compensation for workers with COVID-19. The inquiry slammed the State Government's cost-blowout claims and its failure to properly consider alternatives to dumping the benefit.


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