

What is Legal Professional Privilege?
Introduction If a notifiable Work Health Safety (WHS) incident occurs at your workplace, there is a good chance you will be investigated by the relevant state regulator. To protect both an individual’s and an organisation's legal interests, you can incorporate a simple process into your incident management system. This process involves obtaining legal advice at the earliest opportunity. By doing so, any advice and related documents that are created in regards to the incident

Secure the Scene, Preserve the Evidence
Introduction Immediately following an incident in the workplace, your first priority is to make the area safe to prevent any escalation of the incident and to then preserve the scene so as a thorough investigation can take place as soon as possible. In all instances, the site emergency response plan should be initiated to care for anyone injured and to make the scene safe. This can include: Evacuating staff as required Provision of first aid and medical care Accounting for al