Your task is to describe the history of Occupational Health and Safety laws, from their earliest roots in ancient times, through to modern day Australia and the harmonization process. In your research...

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Occupational Health & Safety laws
Occupational Health & Safety laws
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Introduction
Safe work Australian leadership develops national policies to improve the health and safety of workers in Australia and workers' compensation for non-standard or enforcement of WHS legislation. As an employer, they should meet WHS requirements simply set out in a state or territory's conduct and regulations. The OHS Act is an official description of the safety and health laws passed by a state or region. It is designed to clarify the responsibilities of every group that contributes to the health as well as the safety of the workplace. When the parliament passes a bill in the jurisdiction, it is legally binding.
Occupational Health and Safety laws
OHS and WHS issued a number of warnings in Australia. There are good reasons to develop these OHS laws and regulations. Less than 100 years ago, we rarely enjoyed protection measures. Viewing the history of the occupational safety is the best way to recognize the reasons for these laws and the benefits they provide, even if they are not always convenient to follow. Industrial machines of the nineteenth century were very dangerous. Workers have reason to worry about the machines they use every day ("Model WHS Laws", 2017).
The release of the 1972 Robbins report is a historic moment for occupational health & safety in Australia. The Robbins report examines occupational health & safety practices within the UK, similar to the Australian system. The Robbins report is funded by the United Kingdom government's recognition that accessible occupational health and safety policies are insufficient to prevent the industrial accidents, diseases, and diseases. Prior to Robbins report, occupational safety laws are based on detailed technical specifications. They mainly focus on the prescribed measures - specifying the mechanical protection measures that must be taken to protect workers who operate dangerous machinery. Australian territories adopted Robbins-style occupational safety regulations in the 1970s as well as in 1980s. Despite the increase in the size of the workforce, as of 2011, the number of workplace deaths has fallen to 4,609. This is a convincing evidence of OHS.
The harmonized Work Health & Safety Acts: Non-fines furthermore maximum fines for work health and safety crimes and other violations involving criminal activities of a certain type and/or location are now institutionalized by coordinating Australians to workers or other high-risk groups Work Health and Safety Act. In 2010, the Council of Ministers of Workplace Relations finalized and adopted the Health and Safety Work Act, which has since been adopted by the Commonwealth, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and Australia ("Work Health and Safety (OHS) acts, regulations and codes of practice", 2018). The Capital Region and the Northern Territory were promulgated. The recently enacted Work Health and Safety Act now institutionalizes a method designed to protect work-related health and safety crimes by imposing high fines on violations, especially in the face of other high-risk individuals, especially in recklessness. In the case of conduct, the reckless individual was imprisoned and the court was able to enforce non-monetary sanctions. The individual or company promises that the regulator does or does not do certain activities ("Model WHS Laws", 2017). If violated, the promise can be enforced in court and...