Know Your Safety Rights

There are some basic rights to safe workplaces.  Every worker is entitled to:

• Work in a safe and healthy environment, free from unreasonable hazards and risks.
• Not to have your health and safety put at risk by work that is carried out.
• Be provided with safe systems of work
• Have your employer monitor your health and conditions at the workplace
• Be provided with facilities at work
• Be consulted on work health and safety issues that affect your work
• Refuse to perform work that you reasonably think would expose you to risk of immediate serious harm or serious injury.

Representation

• Workers have the right to be represented by an elected a Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
• Have your HSR present at any interview between you and your employer or WHS Inspector
• Seek the help of a HSR so that unsafe work ceases
• Change your HSR

Read the SDA Workplace Health and Safety Policy