Hazard notices
A hazard notice is a notice that informs an employer that a trained health and safety representative believes there is a hazard in the workplace.
Before a health and safety representative can issue a hazard notice, the representative must have tried to discuss the hazard with the employer. If the employer refuses to discuss the matter, or if the representative and the employer cannot agree on how to resolve the health and safety problem, then the representative can issue a hazard notice.
Throughout the process, even if a hazard notice is issued, the employer and the employee must work together in good faith to try and resolve the problem. This may mean that they have to seek expert information and advice, either from someone else at work or an expert.
A hazard notice doesn't have any penalty or fine attached. But if an inspector comes to the workplace and notices the same hazard, the inspector may treat the hazard notice as prior warning for issuing an infringement notice.
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- Infringement notices
- Fact sheet:Infringement notices pdf file [size: 81KB]
