What are your rights when establishing or varying work group structures? This fact sheet explains your rights when approached by your employer to establish or vary a work group.

Under Health and Safety Legislation, workers have a right to be represented by a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) and your employer has an obligation to negotiate and reach agreement with workers on how workers wish to be represented.

Members have access to a Know Your WHS Rights Fact Sheet on work groups and representation. Sign in now to download the fact sheet

CPSU members also have access to a range of supporting materials and guidance to assist in representing members’ concerns. If you are a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) and would like expert advice and assistance regarding psychosocial hazards and risk mitigation, you are entitled to seek the assistance of any person, including the CPSU.

Visit the SafetyFirst Network for HSR guidance on applying hierarchy of control measures to psychosocial hazards.

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KNOW YOUR WHS RIGHTS

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