Queensland Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 18

18 Amendment of s 48 (Nature of consultation)

Section 48 —
insert—

(3) Also, if 1 or more of the workers ask the person conducting the business or undertaking to consult with their representative, the consultation must involve that representative.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) the consultation involves a representative under subsection (3); and

(b) the parties to the consultation agree that the consultation is to be carried out at a workplace where 1 or more of the workers work.

(5) The person conducting the business or undertaking must carry out the consultation only at the time and place agreed to by the parties.

(6) Subsection (1)(a) does not require the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow a representative to have access to—

(a) personal or medical information concerning a worker without the worker’s consent, unless the information is in a form that—

(i) does not identify the worker; and

(ii) could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of the worker; or

(b) information that is confidential commercial information.