This Compliance Advice provides information about Safety and Workers’ Compensation issues:

• COVID-19 Update, including: the importance of maintaining control measures and treating workplace COVID-19 risk control measures as a WHS issue; updated information on the wearing of face coverings; Victorian restrictions and requirements; and WA presumptive legislation.
• Update on the progress of the WA Work Health and Safety Bill.
• Review of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL); the National Transport Commission (NTC) is seeking input by the end of December 2020.
• Victoria workers’ compensation issues: Workers’ Compensation Independent Review Service (WCIRS) – explaining the new process and seeking feedback on employer experience; and the Independent Review into the Agent Model and the Management of Complex Claims – public comment closing 21 September 2020.