Workplace health and safety law in Australia / Neil Foster , Jacqueline Meredith.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2025.

3rd edition

202789

Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Industrial hygiene -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Industrial accidents -- Australia.

Labour laws and legislation -- Australia.

Civil law -- Australia.

Part 1: Introduction to the Australian legal system

1. Law, its sources, and the common law

2. Sources of law: statutes and how the courts read them

Part 2: Workplace safety and civil law

3. Workplace safety and the contract of employment

4. Protection of workplace safety under tort law - negligence: duty of care

5. Protection of workplace safety under tort law - negligence: other matters

6. Protection of workplace safety under tort law: breach of statutory duty

Part 3: Workplace safety and criminal law

7. Criminal WHS law: general introduction, primary duties

8. Criminal WHS law: other health and safety duties

9. Criminal WHS law: other duties and enforcement

10. Workplace safety under regulatory criminal law

Part 4: Workplace safety and the general law

11. Workers’ compensation under statute

12. Workplace health and safety and anti-discrimination law

13. Workplace safety and litigation.

Workplace Health and Safety Law in Australia provides a comprehensive introduction to the law of workplace health and safety in Australia and offers clear commentary on all aspects of related civil and criminal law. The book sets out the wide range of legal obligations that employers and managers must follow in order to provide a safe and compliant workplace. Fully revised and updated to cover recent developments, the third edition includes: Recent decisions under the Model WHS Act and coverage of decisions under the Victorian OHS Act 2004; Comment on amendments to the Model Act and Regulations following the Boland Review, including industrial manslaughter provisions, the management of psychosocial hazards, and removing insurance coverage for officers in relation to offences; Comment on recent High Court decisions on the law governing employment status, and implications for workers in the “gig” sector; Coverage of recent workers’ compensation decisions dealing with COVID-19 and injuries sustained while working from home; Features: Clear and concise commentary; No prior legal background required; Reader friendly with tables and charts. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409349962

lxxiii, 860 pages ; 24 cm