Help and resources - Australian Council of Trade Unions

Every worker has the right to a safe and healthy work environment.

If you have a concern about your workplace health and safety, please contact the ACTU Workers' Hotline on 1300 362 223 or Ask a Question through our online form.

OH&S Fact Sheets: From quick facts on Australian OH&S to specific advice on workplace bullying, stress at work, working in heat, hours and fatigue, and screen based work - click here for OH&S Fact Sheets.

Union workplaces are safer workplace - find out more about joining a union click here or call Unions Australia on 1300 486 466.

ACTU Occupational Health & Safety Publication Order Form

Thursday, 23 August 2007

Preliminary Impairment Assessment Training Package

Wednesday, 9 May 2007

The issue of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is one that the union movement takes very seriously. The ACTU and affiliates developed an Alcohol and other Drugs Policy (attached) and training package that addresses the issue in an inclusive, read more...

Business undermining workplace health and safety.

Friday, 27 October 2006

Business, with the support of the Howard Government, wants to reduce the number of safety inspectors in Tasmanian mining and construction, says the ACTU. The Tasmanian government recently authorised trade union officials to act as safety read more...

ACTU Media Release: Abetz wrong in claiming 279 Comcare inspectors

Thursday, 7 September 2006

Senator Abetz is wrong in claiming Comcare has access to a further 199 inspectors from state and territory OHS authorities to enforce the commonwealth OHS act, says the ACTU. read more...

New Frontiers Conference, 1st September 2006

Monday, 4 September 2006

A Workers Perspective on the Recent Developments In OHS Presentation by Steve Mullins, OHS Officer Australian Council of Trade Unions read more...

Shiftwork researcher Meredith Wallace dies

Tuesday, 29 August 2006

Source: The Age Dr Meredith Wallace, a leading researcher and consultant in shiftwork and rosters who developed guidelines for the ACTU, the Federal Government and corporate Australia, died last month after a long battle with cancer. She was a read more...

ACTU OHS Submission

Friday, 11 August 2006

ACTU Submission into the National Standard on Construction Work into the Commonwealth Jurisdiction read more...

Productivity Commission- Standards and Accreditation Study

Monday, 15 May 2006

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body of the Australian union movement representing the interests of over 1.9 million working people and their families. The ACTU and its affiliates participate in dozens of Standards read more...

Review of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment Act) 1991

Monday, 1 May 2006

ACTU Submission to the Department of Workplace Relations Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment Act) 1991. read more...

ACTU Comment on DITR Nanotechnology Strategy Friday, 28 April 2006

Monday, 1 May 2006

ACTU calls on a focus on the need to implement a strategy that takes practical and immediate steps to address the environmental and health and safety impacts of nanomaterials and that ensures workers and the public are protected from hazards read more...

ACTU Paid Maternity Leave policy and campaign