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ACCI Small Business Committee - WHS Business Survey

6 September 2024

VACC is a major stakeholder of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and is actively involved in the development of national industry policy positions, through ACCI committees and submissions.

ACCI has now launched its 2024 National Work Health & Safety Business Survey which will be open until Wednesday 18th September.

The data and examples collected from this survey will be critical for discussions with Safe Work Australia and related submissions. ACCI is also planning to produce a Safe Work Month survey report from the survey data for release in late October.

Your support is requested in the completion of the attached work health and safety survey.  It is direct feedback from industry that helps VACC and ACCI develop strong industry policy positions,  

The link is here and below https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ACCIWHS24

2024 has been another significant year of change for Work Health and Safety (WHS).

There have been:

• New legislation on silica and a prohibition on engineered stone
• State-based psychosocial regulations and Codes of Practice
• New Incident Notification provisions around incapacity periods, falls, medical treatment, sexual harassment and violence
• Lowering exposure standards for silica, diesel, welding fumes and other chemicals
• Discussions on regulating the gig economy and changes to work trends

Your views and responses are important in assisting ACCI and our efforts to collate data and information that shows what you think and want, which in turn helps us to better stand up for your interests when talking with policy makers, regulators and ministers.

We hope you will be able to assist by taking the survey here. It is anonymous and the survey takes approximately 13 minutes to complete.
 

The survey closes Wednesday 18th September 2024. We thank you in advance for your participation!