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A new strategy by WorkSafe Victoria aims to improve health and safety outcomes for healthcare and social assistance workers, a sector that accounts for almost 15% of the state’s workforce, with most of those workers in frontline roles. The industry also attracted the most claims for workplace injuries in 2018 and 2019, and has recorded six workplace fatalities in the past six years.
Under new regulations issued by WorkSafe Victoria under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers are now required to notify WorkSafe immediately when they become aware that a worker has received a confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis. The regulations will help reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace arising from COVID-19. Timely notification of potential workplace transmission of COVID-19 is critical to manage the related health and safety risks, and the prompt investigation of potential breaches of employer duties.
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