This Advice provides important information about Safety and Workers’ Compensation, including:

• WHS Ministers’ response to the 2018 review of the Model WHS Laws.
• Psychological hazards and risks:

• an update on regulatory approaches including a new Code in NSW and work commencing on new regulations nationally and in Victoria;
• information about a WA Draft Code of Practice on Workplace Behaviour;
• international standard published; and
• getting more involved in Ai Group policy work in this important area.

• Victoria has released a draft Compliance Code for Workplace facilities, amenities and work environment for public comment closing on 28 June 2021.
• Victorian change to the management of workers’ compensation claims for mental injury, including new timeframes for claim lodgement by employers, effective 1 July 2021.
• New South Wales has released a consultation paper on Coal Order 43 that applies to medical assessments for workers in NSW coal mines; public comment closes on 25 June 2021.
• Workers’ Compensation Premium announcements for the 2021/22 premium year. Ai Group can assist you to understand your premium.