Workers

Legal comparisons, old and new
Old laws Model Laws
Maximum penalties around
$1million per offence
Right of entry provisions variable
across jurisdictions
Right to silence enshrined in most
national laws
Maximum penalties:
$3 million for Category 1 offence
$1.5 million for Category 2 offence
Right of Entry harmonised.
Right to enter for safety breach,
but also to ‘consult’ with workers.
Right to silence abolished, with
limited ‘use immunity’
(That is, greatly increased powers
of investigators when things go
wrong)
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