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Knowing and understanding your legal obligations and the issues associated with workplace health and safety will help you take steps to avoid the unnecessary costs and damage to your club’s image associated with workplace injury and illness.

Workplace health and safety is dealt with by legislation known as Occupational Health and Safety Acts. These Acts exist at Commonwealth and State or Territory level and set out requirements for ensuring that workplaces are safe and healthy. The Acts spell out the duties of different groups of people who play a role in workplace health and safety. While the Acts are not identical, they all have a key principle which is the ‘duty of care’ that employers have in providing a safe place of work for employees. In many cases, Occupational Health and Safety laws will also apply to volunteers. Included in the Acts are requirements for:

• promoting occupational health and safety in the workplace;
• providing systems of work that are safe and without risk to health;
• preventing industrial injuries and diseases;
• protecting the health and safety of the public in relation to work activities; and
• rehabilitation and maximum recovery from incapacity of injured workers.

Employers and managers must comply with relevant Commonwealth, and State and Territory laws.

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