COVID Risk Assessment (Australia)

Description

The Fair Work Ombudsman encourages staff and businesses to work together to solve any issues that arise in negotiating a move back to the office.

For this to be handled successfully it is essential that staff and management have a very clear understanding of how to assess and address the risks that are involved in working under the pandemic.

Both parts clarify understanding of the risks associated with shared workplaces in the age of COVID and offer guidance on how to assess and navigate those risks.

The material for staff also sets out information about the legal requirements and obligations relevant to a return to the office and offers suggestions where staff feel reluctance or anxiety.

The material for managers offers guidance about legal and best practice requirements around mandating a return to the workplace or mandating vaccinations; about work health and safety issues; about privacy questions; about compensation issues; and about discrimination issues that may arise.

This course has been added to our Australian Work Health and Safety Training. Subscribers to that training will have access to this material at no extra cost. You can view our Work Health and Safety Training here.