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    Consultation: Worksafe Victoria / A Guide To Safety in The Metal Fabrication Industry

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    Employers are required by law to consult with employees on matters that directly affect their health, safety or welfare. This includes consulting with independent contractors and their employees. Employers must consult with health and safety representatives (HSRs) on hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and any proposed workplace changes that could impact worker health and safety. Consultation between employers and employees improves decision-making, recognizes employee input, and is essential for effectively managing health and safety at work. It is also a legal requirement.

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    Employers are required by law to consult with employees on matters that directly affect their health, safety or welfare. This includes consulting with independent contractors and their employees. Employers must consult with health and safety representatives (HSRs) on hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and any proposed workplace changes that could impact worker health and safety. Consultation between employers and employees improves decision-making, recognizes employee input, and is essential for effectively managing health and safety at work. It is also a legal requirement.

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    Employers are required by law to consult with employees on matters that directly affect their health, safety or welfare. This includes consulting with independent contractors and their employees. Employers must consult with health and safety representatives (HSRs) on hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and any proposed workplace changes that could impact worker health and safety. Consultation between employers and employees improves decision-making, recognizes employee input, and is essential for effectively managing health and safety at work. It is also a legal requirement.

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    INTRODUCTION

    CONSULTATION
    All employers are required to consult their employees, so far as reasonably
    practicable, on matters that may directly affect their health, safety or welfare.
    This includes consultation with an independent contractor and any employees of
    the independent contractor. Where there are elected HSRs, the employer must
    have a list of HSRs and any Deputy HSRs for each Designated Work Group
    (DWG) at the workplace that is displayed or otherwise be readily accessible to
    all employees.
    Employers must consult HSRs on hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk
    control as well as any proposed changes in the workplace, plant, substances or
    work processes that could impact on the health, safety or welfare of workers.
    This duty to consult recognises that employee input and participation improves
    decision-making on health and safety. Consultation between employers and
    employees is an essential part of effectively managing health and safety at work
    and is also a legal requirement and a valuable means of improving health and
    safety outcomes.
    Through consultation, employers become more aware of hazards and OHS issues
    experienced by employees who in turn can also provide suggestions about how
    to solve OHS problems. Ongoing participation allows employees to contribute to
    determining how work can be done safely.
    For more information on the duty to consult, please refer to the following
    WorkSafe publications:
    • Talking Safety Together and Consultation – A User’s Guide
    • Information for Employees on Health and Safety
    • Employee Representation Guide, and
    • Information for Health and Safety Representatives

    WORKSAFE VICTORIA / A GUIDE TO SAFETY IN THE METAL FABRICATION INDUSTRY 3

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