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This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . Unpaid parental leave Entitlements to unpaid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child exist for eligible full time, part time and casual employees. Unpaid parental leave for all...
Parental leave
It is mandatory for employers to release employees who are members of the Reserve to undertake defence service, including defence service training. It is an offence under the federal Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act for an employer to dismiss or otherwise disadvantage an employee for...
Defence reserve service
Employers are required to continue to pay employees their normal wages or salary when they are summonsed to attend court as a juror or witness. There are significant penalties that apply if an employer refuses to pay or acts in a detrimental way to an employee undertaking jury duty. Employers can...
Jury service
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . This is general information on the minimum entitlement to personal leave based on the state Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 . WA awards, industrial agreements and contracts of...
Personal leave
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . Frequently asked questions about pay Please contact Wageline if you have additional questions about ensuring payments are correct. Payment arrangements An employee is entitled to be paid in...
Pay and employment information
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . An employer may only make a deduction from an employee’s pay if: the employer is required by a court or a state or federal law to make the deduction (e.g. tax that must be withheld from the...
Pay and employment information
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . It is compulsory for all state system employers to provide a pay slip to each employee within one working day of paying the employee for work performed. The employer can decide whether to give...
Pay and employment information
This page helps employers and employees in the state industrial relations system find the legal minimum rates of pay for a particular job. Watch our video on this topic The Finding the right pay rates – a guide for state system employers and employees video helps employers and employees in the...
Finding the right pay rate
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . About this page This page outlines how to find the correct pay rates for state system employees who are undertaking an apprenticeship registered with the Apprenticeship Office at the...
Apprentice and trainee pay rates
Inhalation of asbestos fibres can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Asbestos is a serious issue for Australia and will continue to be so for many years, despite the ban on new uses of asbestos in 2003. Asbestos can be classified into two main types, 'friable' or 'non-friable' (also...
Asbestos

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This health monitoring notification form for 4,4’-methylene bis (2 chloroaniline) should be used by a registered medical practitioner to notify WorkSafe.
WorkSafe
Form – notification
21 Feb 2024
The purpose of this code is to minimise the risk of infection resulting from work-related exposure to Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
WorkSafe
Code of practice
03 Jun 2014
Provides information for Registered Training Organisations on the construction inductions training online register.
WorkSafe
Fact sheet
30 May 2014
Use this form to apply for access to information held by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety under the Freedom of Information Act . If you have a query about this form, or...
Corporate
Form – application
14 Aug 2024
A safety checklist for workers using metal cutting guillotines.
WorkSafe
Checklist
28 May 2014
Demolition work is to be carried out in accordance with Australian Standard AS2601: The demolition of structures (AS 2601). If the work is not covered by or included in AS 2601, the work must be done...
WorkSafe
Information
23 Feb 2022
Persons wishing to obtain a HRWL must be assessed by a WorkSafe registered HRWL assessor for the class of HRWL required. The assessment is conducted using a nationally approved assessment instrument...
WorkSafe
Information
11 Nov 2019
Criteria for assessing applicants to become Registered WorkSafe Assessors authorised to issue notices of satisfactory assessment for high risk work on the basis of their National Police Clearance...
WorkSafe
Information
27 May 2014
Regulation 4.1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations defines a bridge crane as: 'A crane comprising a bridge beam mounted at each end to an end carriage, capable of travelling along...
WorkSafe
Fact sheet
04 Dec 2023
The exposure standards listed in this publication represent airborne concentrations of individual chemical substances which, according to current knowledge, should neither impair the health of nor...
WorkSafe
Guidance note
26 May 2014

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