Blog posts tagged with 'ohs offences'

There are a number of important issues and trends in workplace safety offences and fines for both companies and individuals, according to the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council. The vast majority of defendants sentenced for OHS offences in the state were companies (83 per cent), and of the 200 individuals sentenced, the large majority of individual defendants were male (97 per cent) and only six of them were women, said Dr Paul McGorrery, CEO of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council.

The Victorian Government is looking to review the sentencing of OHS offences committed by both individuals and organisations after it provided the Sentencing Advisory Council with terms of reference to make relevant recommendations for reform. This will be the first examination of sentencing practices for OHS offences since Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect almost 20 years ago.