Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations – ACT

The ACT Work Health and Safety Council (WHS Council) is established under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The newly constituted WHS Council follows changes to the previous ACT Work Safety Council made under the Work Health and Safety Amendment Act 2019. The WHS Council provides advice to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Safety on matters relating to work health and safety, workers’ compensation, workplace relations, bullying in the workplace and other workplace psychosocial issues. In addition, the WHS Council also has a strengthened function in advising the Minister in relation to the activities and function of the ACT’s work health and safety regulator.