Australia: What to do when a WHS Inspector comes knocking
Responding to a Work Health and Safety Inspector Visit
Visits to workplaces by work health and safety (WHS) inspectors are a necessary part of the enforcement regime of WHS regulators. They often occur in circumstances where organisations are under considerable time pressures, particularly following a workplace incident. A new Safe Work Australia report has found that regulators conducted 135,000 workplace visits and handed out nearly 47,000 notices in 2012 – 13. A visit from a […]