The Factories Act: Its Continued Relevance as an Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in the 21st Century and the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinonyerem Ememobong ◽  
Emaediong Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulation

Workplace Health and Safety Deregulation in South Australia

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-484
Author(s):  
Kevin Purse
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
The Future ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety

In July 1998 the Soutb Australian goverment released a Discussion Paper concern ing the future of occupational bealth and safety regulation in South Australia. In examining the paradigm shift proposed in the Discussion Paper, this paper highlights the importance of workplace health and safety as public polig issues in Australia and seeks to locate the Discussion Paper within the broader context of deregulatory changes in the administration of occupational health and safety legislation that have occurred in South Australia in recent years. It identifies several fundamental flaws in the proposals put forward for change and suggests that the major problem with tbe regulation of occupational health and safety in South Australia is the failure to effectively administer the legislation. The paper also advances a number of proposals designed to achieve greater compliance with the legislation. It concludes that the major proposals contained in the Discussion Paper are unlikely to find widespread practical expression.

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