Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) aims to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all workers from hazards in the workplace. WHS laws require employers to provide a safe working environment and compensation for injuries, as healthy and safe work is a basic human right for all employees regardless of their job. The legislation outlines employers' obligations and consequences for failing to meet them to ensure workers can perform their duties without risk of harm.

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Workplace Health and Safety.
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) (or Occupational Health and Safety) is the
discipline concerned with protecting the health and safety of all stakeholders
in the workplace from exposure to hazards and risks resulting from work
activities.
"Australian law must ensure healthy and safe workplaces and a compensation
and rehabilitation system which ensures that no worker is disadvantaged
should they be injured at work" - Union Charter of Workplace Rights*
Workplace Health and Safety is concerned with protecting the safety, health
and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.
The enjoyment of these standards at the highest levels is a basic human right
that should be accessible by each and every worker.
Regardless of the nature of their work, workers should be able to carry out
their responsibilities in a safe and secure working environment, free from
hazards.
These rights are set out in legislation to ensure that employers are clear about
the obligations and the consequences for neglecting them.