This paper discusses findings from a review of recent literature on support for securing compliance and better practice in occupational safety and health (OSH) in the changing world of work in advanced market economies. It explores innovative responses of regulators and private actors to the...

This paper discusses fi review of recent literature on support for securing compliance and better practice in occupational safety and health (OSH) in the changing world of work in advanced market economies. It explores innovative responses of regulators and private actors to the challenges...

This paper discusses findings from a review of recent literature on support for securing compliance and better practice in occupational safety and health (OSH) in the changing world of work in advanced market economies. It explores innovative responses of regulators and private actors to the...

This article examines the use of enforceable undertakings in Australian occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation. Enforceable undertakings are promises by persons alleged to have breached their regulatory obligations to do something, which if not done, is enforceable in court. Enforceable...

Federal workplace relations in Australia and requirements relating to the use of industrial action within the context of collective bargaining are governed by the Fair Work Act 2009 (CTH) (FW Act). Protected industrial action by employees and their bargaining representatives is restricted to...

This paper describes, analyses and compares two regulatory regimes which cover the road transport industry in Australia - occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation, and the National Road Transport Commission's (NRTC) proposed model road transport legislation. The central questions...

This paper reports on an empirically-based study of the way in which the Magistrates' Courts in Victoria, Australia, construct occupational health and safety (OHS) issues when hearing prosecutions for offences under OHS legislation. Since the Factory and Shops Act 1885, the Victorian parliament...