School Of LawOccupational Health and Safety LawWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 69115.1
Discipline: BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
This unit replaced by 200660 Occupational Health and Safety Law in 2009.
Prerequisite
200010 Criminal Law AND 200008 Torts Law
About this Unit
This unit replaced by 200660 Occupational Health and Safety Law. This unit examines major occupational and health legislation in Australia, especially in New South Wales. The arbitrary and inadequate nature of standard setting in the early systems of safety regulation is compared with later legislative models. The nature and limitations of current legislative strategies are illustrated by a series of selected issues relating to contemporary health risks in workplaces. Continuing problems of enforcement, sanctions and the adequate identification of hazards and protection are examined.