Employees

Mend For Employees | Workers Compensation FAQ's

A serious workplace injury can be a devastating experience with long term or permanent implications for the worker involved. In Australia employers must take out workers compensation insurance to cover the medical expenses and lost wages of employees injured at work. However, prevention is better than cure and the first priority of everyone at work should be to make the workplace as safe as it can be for everybody.

Employees have significant rights, entitlements, obligations and responsibilities regarding Occupational Health & Safety while they are at work:

Employees OH&S rights and entitlements at work	Employees OH&S obligations and responsibilities at work
Employees have the right to expect the workplace to be in a safe condition with safe entrances and exits Employees have the right to expect that appropriate arrangements are made for the safe use, handling, storage and transport of plant, equipment and substances Employees have the right to expect that the systems of work, and working environments, are safe and without risks to health Employees are entitled to be provided with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety at work Employees are entitled to be provided with adequate amenities (Eg. Toilet and washing facilities at work) Employees have the right not to be charged for anything done or provided for Occupational Health and Safety at work	Employees have the responsibility to co-operate with the employer in their efforts to comply with Occupational Health Safety Employees have the obligation to take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and others at work Employees have the obligation not to interfere with safety equipment or misuse things provided for the health, safety or welfare of persons at work Employees have the obligation not to obstruct attempts to give aid or prevent a serious risk to the health and safety of any other person at work Employees have the obligation not to refuse any reasonable request to assist in giving aid or preventing a risk to health and safety Employees have the obligation not to disrupt a workplace by unnecessarily creating unfounded fears about Occupational Health and Safety issues at work

Employees OH&S rights
and entitlements at work

Employees OH&S obligations
and responsibilities at work

Employees have the right to expect the workplace to be in a safe condition with safe entrances and exits

Employees have the right to expect that appropriate arrangements are made for the safe use, handling, storage and transport of plant, equipment and substances

Employees have the right to expect that the systems of work, and working environments, are safe and without risks to health

Employees are entitled to be provided with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety at work

Employees are entitled to be provided with adequate amenities (Eg. Toilet and washing facilities at work)

Employees have the right not to be charged for anything done or provided for Occupational Health and Safety at work

Employees have the responsibility to co-operate with the employer in their efforts to comply with Occupational Health Safety

Employees have the obligation to take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and others at work

Employees have the obligation not to interfere with safety equipment or misuse things provided for the health, safety or welfare of persons at work

Employees have the obligation not to obstruct attempts to give aid or prevent a serious risk to the health and safety of any other person at work

Employees have the obligation not to refuse any reasonable request to assist in giving aid or preventing a risk to health and safety

Employees have the obligation not to disrupt a workplace by unnecessarily creating unfounded fears about Occupational Health and Safety issues at work