• Workplace rights and obligations
  • General information
  • Who has obligations and what are they?
• Meeting your obligations
• Failing to meet your obligations
• Right of entry
• Provision Improvement Notice (PIN)
• Workplace amenities
• First aid
• Personal protective equipment
• Internal investigations

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People who conduct a business or undertaking

A person who conducts a business or undertaking is considered a relevant person and can include:

• employers
• self-employed people
• volunteer organisations.

A relevant person has an obligation to ensure the workplace health and safety of:

• all workers carrying out work for the business or undertaking
• volunteers who perform work activities for the business or undertaking
• all other people including customers, visitors to the workplace, passers by and neighbours
• themselves.

Meeting your workplace health and safety obligations involves:

• providing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment
• providing and maintaining safe plant
• ensuring the safe use, handling, storage and transport of substances
• ensuring safe systems of work
• providing information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure health and safety.