The legal framework
All workers in NSW, including full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary and casual workers, are covered by occupational health and safety laws passed by the NSW parliament.
Under occupational health and safety laws, employers have a duty of care to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all their employees at work as well as non-employees at the place of work.
WorkCover NSW manages the State's workplace safety, injury management, and workers compensation systems. WorkCover NSW has the power to prosecute employers who fail to fulfill this duty.