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Section : 85 Health and safety representative may direct that unsafe work cease
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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- (1) A health and safety representative may direct a worker who is in a work group represented by the representative to cease work if the representative has a reasonable concern that to carry out the work would expose the worker to a serious risk to the worker's health or safety, emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to a hazard.
- (2) However, the health and safety representative must not give a worker a direction to cease work unless the matter is not resolved after:
- (a) consulting about the matter with the person conducting the business or undertaking for whom the workers are carrying out work; and
- (b) attempting to resolve the matter as an issue under Division 5 of this Part.
- (3) The health and safety representative may direct the worker to cease work without carrying out that consultation or attempting to 79 Registered: 01/07/2024 Compilation date: 01/07/2024 Part 5 Consultation, representation and participation