PCBU obligations to HSRs
As a PCBU in Western Australia, you have specific responsibilities to health and safety representatives to ensure they can effectively perform their role in maintaining workplace health and safety
The PCBU must:
Consult with HSRs on WHS matters
Engage with HSRs when making decisions that impact the health and safety of the work group they represent.Provide reasonable resources and assistance
Ensure that the HSR has access to the necessary resources and assistance required to perform their role effectively.Provide WHS information to HSRs
Supply the HSR with any work health and safety information that affects their work group, ensuring that personal or medical information is not disclosed without the worker’s consent.Allow reasonable access for a person assisting the HSR
Permit any person assisting the HSR to have reasonable access to the workplace to help the HSR in fulfilling their duties.Allow HSR to accompany an inspector
Permit the HSR to accompany a workplace inspector during an inspection to represent the workers' interests.Permit the HSR to spend reasonable time on their role
Allow the HSR to spend a reasonable amount of time performing their responsibilities as an HSR without hindrance.Permit HSR attendance at meetings
Allow the HSR to attend meetings between a worker (or group of workers) and the PCBU or an inspector, provided the worker consents to the HSR’s presence.Pay the HSR their usual wage
Continue to pay the HSR their normal wage while they are performing their duties as an HSR.View HSR training entitlements for WA Public Sector Workers.
Display an up-to-date list of HSRs
Ensure that a current list of HSRs and deputy HSRs is prominently displayed at the workplace for easy access by all workers.- It is an offence to discriminate against an HSR for any action they take while performing their role, or to threaten them to discourage them from exercising a power.
Source: Work Health and Safety Act 2022, Section 70.