Canberra PCBUs will be required to report actual or suspected incidents of s-xual assault to the WHS regulator, and be blocked from entering into insurance contracts against WHS penalties, under a Bill that implements a string of Marie Boland's safety recommendations, and cements injured workers' leave-accrual rights.
The ACT's WHS Act could be amended to transfer the authority to initiate prosecutions from the Director of Public Prosecutions to the WHS regulator or commissioner, in a move that some stakeholders believe would increase the number of duty holders held to account and better deter unsafe workplace practices.
A WHS regulator has called for members of the public to report any substandard safety practices they witness, and warned that the absence of suitable workplace amenities continues to be a major problem in one industry.