ACTU OHS Publications

The following publications are available from the ACTU OHS Unit. There is a charge for hard copies, but electronic copies of most can be supplied free on request.

Integrating OHS into Enterprise Bargaining Guidelines

Designed to help workers' representatives deal with occupational health and safety issues in enterprise agreements.
Only available in hard copy

Controlling Hazardous Substances

Describes the main sections of the hazardous substances regulations; the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers; the role of representatives and committees; and how the risks of hazardous substances should be controlled.
Only available in hard copy

Controlling Risks from Plant

Explains the requirements of the national standard for plant, and the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers under the standards and regulations.
Only available in hard copy

Report on the 1997 ACTU National Survey on Stress at Work

Presents the results of the 1997 survey, in which 10,000 respondents identified work-related stress as a major health and safety problem which requires more serious attention from governments, OHS authorities, employers, OHS and other professionals, unions and employees.

Chemicals at work: a workplace survey (June 2000)

Presents the results of a survey of health and safety representatives across a range of industries, demonstrating the ongoing problems with chemical exposure in Australian workplaces.

Productivity Inquiry National Workers' Compensation And OH&S Frameworks

This submission looks at the national workers’ compensation frameworks and occupational health arrangements to assist governments, employers and unions to improve Australia’s OHS performance.

Read the Productivity Inquiry National Workers’ Compensation And OH&S Frameworks or download as RTF file.

ACTU Guidelines for Screen Based Work

Examines the hazards associated with various types of screen-based work, and provide ideas, strategies and detailed recommendations to eliminate or reduce those hazards.
Read these guidelines or download them as a pdf file. (277kb)

ACTU Guidelines for Working in Seasonal Heat

Guidelines covering the hazards caused by working in hot conditions, and ways of overcoming the dangers.
Read these guidelines online or download them as a pdf file. (157kb)

ACTU Health and Safety Guidelines for Shift Work and Extended Working Hours

These Guidelines examine the health and safety hazards associated with shift work and extended working hours, and recommend measures for their assessment and control.
Read these guidelines online or download as a pdf file (376kb)

The ACTU OHS Unit also publishes a regular electronic Digest of OHS Information, containing news reports, research reports and other documents.
E-mail us at ohs@actu.asn.au if you would like to receive this publication.