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Workplace Health and Safety Representatives

   

Added on  2020-05-28

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Running head: SAFE WORKPLACESAFE WORKPLACE[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees][Institutional Affiliation(s)]

2SAFE WORKPLACEChanges in the WHS legislationQualification of duty of care by that which is logically practicable Similarity between the workers’ duty and the visitors’ duty of careWorkplace health and safety representatives have been replaced by health and safety representatives[ CITATION Inn15 \l 1033 ]Employers having employees exceeding 30 no longer need to have workplace health and safety officers as a legal requirementAmendments that would be made include;Provision of full powers to the health and safety representatives to represent a worker andthus authority to direct him in whatever undertaking he may be engaged in when at workGiving an opportunity to the health and safety representatives to be able to ask for immediate for or on behalf of any person at the place of work and lifting off any notice that needs to be made in that effect.Lifting the penalty imposed upon unauthorized entry into the inquiry into contravention of the WHS act. This penalty would apply to employees, consultants and any other employees or visitors to the place of work. The lifting of the penalty would see freedom of consultation, advice and even reproduction of copies of the Act[ CITATION AIC16 \l 1033 ].Allows unlimited access to the place of work by WHS permit holders to enable access and inspection of any suspected forms or acts of contravention of the lawHow the proposed amendments would meet the legislative requirements

3SAFE WORKPLACEThe amendments mainly aim at ensuring that the safety and health of the workers are maintained,something that is already outlines in the legislation of the state. The amendments thus serve to provide more powers to the law-enforcing arm of the WHS Act to exercise its powers without any fear of victimization[ CITATION Inn15 \l 1033 ].How to ensure the proposed WHS management system meets the organizational requirementsEnsuring that the basis of the foundation of the system is based on the mission and vision statements of the organizationConsulting with the management of the organization while establishing the WHS management systemGiving priority to the objectives of the organization above other considerationsTask 2Risk Management Process for Western Australia and QueenslandRisk management process involves the following steps:Identification of the riskAnalyzing the riskEvaluating or ranking the riskTreatment of the riskReview of the risk[ CITATION Sha10 \l 1033 ]Hierarchy of control of hazards in reference to WHSReorganization of the work in such a way that hazards are eliminated from the place of work

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