The results of a survey of work health and safety business trends has been released to coincide with ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Safe Work Month.
Businesses reported they were seeking more support to meet increasing compliance requirements, with a significant number of new regulations and amendments introduced at national and state levels.
“More than 52 per cent of businesses that responded to our survey operate in more than one jurisdiction, highlighting the need for harmonised work health and safety rules nationally,” ACCI Director WHS Policy, Jennifer Low said.
“We are seeing the states diverge more and more frequently from agreed model WHS laws making it increasingly difficult and time consuming for businesses to keep up with compliance requirements across multiple states.
“We urgently need a review of the Intergovernmental Agreement to recommit states and territories to the goal of harmonised legislation and the many benefits this brings to businesses and our economy.”
