Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 2.2.3.

Procedure for reporting issues

2.2.3. Procedure for reporting issues



(1) If a health or safety issue arises in a workplace or from the conduct of
the undertaking of an employer where there is a health and safety
representative and an employee wishes to raise the issue for resolution, the
employee must report the issue to that representative.

(2) If a health or safety issue arises in a workplace or from the conduct of
the undertaking of an employer where there is no health and safety
representative and an employee wishes to raise the issue for resolution, that
employee must report it to the employer or employer representative.

(3) An employee may take all steps to report an issue, including leaving the
employee's part of the workplace, if the steps are reasonable in the
circumstances.





(4) Nothing in this regulation prevents an employee from reporting the issue
to the employer or any other person in addition to the health and safety
representative.