Splet13. dec. 2024 · Introduction. This document sets out who is an officer and what the officer duty requires of them. Section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2024 (WHS Act) places a duty on an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) to exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU complies with their duties or obligations under the … SpletThe person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU – the new term that includes employers) has a primary duty of care to ensure workers and others are not exposed to a risk to their health and safety. A primary duty of care is owed by a PCBU when it: directs or influences work carried out by a worker. engages or causes to engage a worker ...
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Splet07. jul. 2024 · The law in Western Australia requires the employer to take into account the individual needs of employees to ensure they are able to work safely. This means the … Splet16. sep. 2024 · The Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (WHS Act) uses the term ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBU) in place of employer. We will use the term ’employer’ for readability. The bulk of this section is reproduced from the Guide to Work Health and Safety Act 2012. The WHS Act covers: people who carry out work […] is sick time considered a fringe benefit
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SpletEmployer and business obligations. Employers or businesses, or anyone who falls under the definition of a ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ (a PCBU), has legal obligations under work health and safety laws. A ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ is a broad term used throughout work health and safety legislation to ... Splet09. feb. 2024 · Person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) is the term given to a person conducting a business or undertaking alone or with others, whether or not for … SpletSection 26A of the Work Health and Safety Act 2024 (WHS Act) places a duty on a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) that provides work health and safety (WHS) services to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that those services do not impose a risk to persons at the workplace. What is a WHS service? WHS services are: is sick sinus syndrome inherited