Amendment to 0018P
Omit all and replace with: Maintain and improve occupational injury prevention programs by ensuring the enforcement and administration of Workplace Health and Safety [WH&S] legislation is pursued effectively:
a. Support the continued resourcing of the government's independent regulator, ACT WorksafeACT.
b. Develop forms of voluntary compliance including enforceable undertakings, compliance agreements, and workplace education.
c. Establish a construction industry division within WorksafeACT inspectorate. This division would ensure the construction industry would be monitored and regulated by inspectors who had industry specific knowledge and experience to ensure safety for all workers in high risk industry.
d. Support appropriate compliance measures which fines or restrict the activity of employers who act in breach of WH&S laws. That is includes support for; prohibition and compliance notices, injunctions and 'on-the-spot' fines.
e. Ensure that fines and penalties under WH&S laws are appropriate to the seriousness of the breach.
f. Provide right of entry for officials of federally registered trade unions to address WH&S issues.
g. Enable registered trade unions to prosecute violations of the Work Health and Safety Act
h. Support the provision of improved training for Health and Safety Representatives and ensure that they are able to perform their essential role under WH&S Legislation.