45 articles are classified in All Articles > Legislation, regulation and caselaw > Workers' compensation legislation, regulations, standards and codes > Victoria
> 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.
> Two-year exemption from new WHS clauses granted in NSW; > Vic passes controversial cancer Bill, offers more WorkWell grants; and > Alerts issued after fatalities, traumatic amputations and other incidents.
> Landmark PTSD laws commence as $6m wellbeing plan launched; > Vic reintroduces cancer laws in controversial format; and > Dangerous goods regulations amended in SA.
More than 300 high-risk workplaces will be targeted, work processes will be banned and workers' comp laws could be overhauled, under "unprecedented" silica-dust strategies unveiled in Victoria. Meanwhile, regulators have issued warnings after a series of life-threatening crane incidents and fatalities.
Victoria will introduce industrial manslaughter laws, Australia's highest maximum work safety fine of more than $16 million, and special workers' comp benefits for emergency workers, after Labor retained power in Saturday's State election.
> NSW Govt tries to trump presumptive workers' comp Bill; > OHS and injury amendments commence in Vic; and > OHS regulator gets say over MHF neighbourhoods.
Labour-hire licensing and workers' comp Bills have passed Victoria's Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, while NSW has made a declaration on WHS certificates of competence, and Western Australia has published a new Code of Practice for emergency management.
