We have many staff who are now working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Is a fire extinguisher in the home a mandatory requirement seeing as it is a workplace, and if so, who is responsible to purchase and maintain it?

I believe that vehicles are considered a workplace for work health and safety and workers’ compensation purposes. Is this correct?

With the COVID-19 crisis, many of our staff are working from home. What is the correct set-up for a home workstation and floor space to ensure we are complying with our health and safety duties? We operate in NSW.

One of our employees has said he needs a week’s stress leave. While I understand stress leave is given, is there a limit to how long he is allowed to have? Also, what documentation does he have to produce?

Does the Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) now take over from the Job Safety Analysis (JSA)? Is each one specific to their site, or are they both required?

I have received advice that employees must sign off (handwritten signatures or signatures scanned in) on safe work method statements (SWMSs) for working at heights and high-pressure work. Do you have to have actual employees’ signatures on the SWMSs?

Are we able to delay the return of an employee until her doctor can confirm that she is fully fit to return to work?

Are there any standards or regulations we should be aware of before we purchase a portable wheelchair ramp?

One of our health and safety committee members has refused to undergo training. Should they be allowed to remain on the committee?

Our business has offices in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane. What are the test and tag requirements in these states?

The Work Health and Safety Act refers to a ‘prescribed person’ and ‘person of a prescribed class’. There are no definitions for these terms in the legislation. Who do these terms refer to?

Can a worker representing a work group be a WHS Committee member? Or does it have to be a worker not involved in the WHS Committee already?

Our organisation operates at multiple sites across the country. Are we required to have a work group and HSR at every site? Or can we have one work group per state or sector, and invite one worker from each site to form part of their state/sector work group, with that work group electing an HSR?

Are we legally required to have a first aid officer within an office environment?

Do we need to capture a postie's injury as a Lost Time Injury (LTI) on our statistics?