News directly from the NSW Safety Wrap Newsletter:
The NSW Government is developing an industrial manslaughter offence within the NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
Each workplace death is a tragedy that unites us all in the shared belief that every worker has the right to a safe and secure workplace. Preventing workplace fatalities is a top priority.
We plan to strengthen existing laws with a new industrial manslaughter offence, to:
- act as a further deterrent to unsafe work practices
- ensure the most serious health and safety breaches carry a heavy penalty
- send a clear message that people who place workers’ lives at risk will be held to account
- ensure that justice continues to be served for workers.
Feedback on this closes next Monday 18/3/2024 and we expect this be introduced into parliament in the next few months.
