WORK HEALTH & SAFETY
Organisations must comply with Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws (Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) in Victoria) for the health and safety of workers, contractors, volunteers and people who come in contact with the organisation.
The WHS Acts and Regulations require organisations who have a duty to ‘manage risks’ by eliminating health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable, and if it is not reasonably practicable to do so, to minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
At the foundational level, this means establishing a formal process for identifying hazards, evaluating and analyzing risks associated with those hazards, then taking action to eliminate the hazards or control the risks that can’t be eliminated to minimise injury and illness potential.
