Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 23K

23K .         Duty to inform employee who reports a hazard or injury

        (1)         This section applies where an employer receives from an employee a report of a kind described in section 20(2)(d).

        (2)         The employer must, within a reasonable time after receiving the report —

            (a)         investigate the matter that has been reported and determine the action, if any, that the employer intends to take in respect of the matter; and

            (b)         notify the employee of the determination so made.

        (3)         If an employer contravenes subsection (2), the employer commits an offence.

        [Section 23K inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 8.]