Ten years have passed since the landmark introduction of the model Work Health and Safety legislation. The experience in the seven jurisdictions that have adopted the reforms enables us to assess some of the predictions made at the time of the release of the first edition of Horizontal and Vertical Consultation.

The duties to consult under the legislation require workers (including contractors, subcontractors, employees of contractors or subcontractors, labour hire workers, apprentices and trainees, outworkers, students on work experience and volunteers) and overlapping duty holders (businesses have to engage with suppliers, controllers of premises, adjoining businesses and service providers) to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate with each other. These obligations present practical challenges and opportunities, which are explored in this book.

The third edition of the Due Diligence series explores recent case law and addresses contemporary work health and safety issues, including the new industrial manslaughter laws and the management of mental health at work.

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