{"id":1012,"date":"2022-03-01T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2022-03-01T08:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:41:40","slug":"new-w-a-work-health-safety-legislation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/2022\/03\/01\/new-w-a-work-health-safety-legislation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW W.A. WORK HEALTH &#038; SAFETY LEGISLATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>When do the new WHS laws come into effect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WA\u2019s Work Health and Safety legislation is expected to come into force until January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the significant changes in the legislation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Industrial manslaughter<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 the new legislation includes industrial manslaughter provisions carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years\u2019 imprisonment for an individual and a fine of $10 million for a body corporate.<\/li><li><strong>Prohibition on insurance for monetary penalties<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The new laws will make it illegal for insurance companies to indemnify entities against monetary penalties imposed under workplace health and safety laws.<\/li><li><strong>Workplace health to be defined as both \u2018physical and psychological health\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 aims to emphasise the importance of considering psychological health in the design and management of work. It is also intended to serve as a reminder that risks to psychological health must be considered alongside risks to physical health.<\/li><li><strong>Workplace safety to come under a single Act covering all workplaces<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this update will bring the resources sector and general industries under the same Act, but with separate regulations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where can I get information on the new legislation<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A guideline to the NEW WA Work Health and Safety Act 2020 is available on the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety website on the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmirs.wa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/overview_wa_whs_act_0_0.pdf?utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BbOtdh6fxmm-qOKboy1As_KGFQq3x6JLcrAWjauIwJvFwxZJfQ6w5vvhPE4kc_jOAZMtp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Western Australia\u2019s Work Health and Safety Act 2020 \u2013 guide (dmirs.wa.gov.au)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTACT US IF YOU REQUIRE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAFCOM Risk Management<\/strong>&nbsp;can assist companies with the migration to the new legislation by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Reviewing all current documentation to ensure it meets legislative requirements<\/li><li>Develop new documented processes that meet your objectives and legislative requirements<\/li><li>Provide support and guidance to ensure ongoing compliance and business improvement<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When do the new WHS laws come into effect? WA\u2019s Work Health and Safety legislation is expected to come into force until January 2022. What are the significant changes in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safcom.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}