In this webinar from our workplace relations and safety team, Gemma Sharp and Ashleigh Fanning will discuss the amendments made to the WHS Act, which include:

• amending the Category 1 offence under the Act to include negligence as a fault element
• prohibiting insurance from cover WHS fines
• strengthening the powers and functions of health and safety representatives to increase their role in the workplace
• enabling unions to be a party principal to work group negotiations and be involved more directly in workplace consultation
• increasing the powers and functions of health and safety representatives
• expanding the protections for workers from discriminatory conduct
• changing the time frames for employers to establish health and safety committees
• clarifying the rights and obligations of WHS entry permits holders on entry to a worksite.

[Running time: 60 mins]