Know Your Rights

Every state or territory has a different legislative framework, but there are some basic rights to safe workplaces that every worker is entitled to:

• Not to have your health and safety put at risk from work that is carried out
• Be provided with safe systems of work
• Have your employer monitor your health and conditions at the workplace
• Be provided with facilities at work
• Be provided with accomodation, if needed
• Be consulted on work health and safety issues that affect your work
• Refuse to perform work that you reasonable think would expose you to serious risk

Representation

• Request a workgroup to be established - to elect a Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
• Request that your Union represent you in negotiations for the establishment of a designated work group (DWG)
• Be represented by your HSR
• Have your HSR present at any interview between you and your employer or WHS Inspector
• Seek the help of a HSR to direct that unsafe work cease
• Change your HSR

Souce: http://www.safeatwork.org.au/rights-and-obligations/know-your-rights/httpsafeatworkorgauknow-your-rights

Vocabulary:

Every: cada

Framework: estrutura

Entitled: entitulado

Put at risk: colocar em risco

carried out: realizado

acconodation: alojamento

Issues: problemas

Refuse: recusar

Reasonable: razoável

would: seria

Request: pedir

elect: eleito

Seek: buscar

cease: cessar

HSR: Health & Safety Committee ( Comitê de Saúde e Segurança)

WHS: Work Health & Safety ( Trabalho Saudável e Seguro)