Victoria workplace safety and public-sector employment guides: series index

Start here for 49 Victorian guides, with a focus on corrections and other public-sector workplaces. The sections below distinguish approved OHS codes, return-to-work codes, dangerous goods guidance and public-sector employment instruments. Check the employer, agreement and current official version before relying on a guide. This is a checked collection, not an exhaustive register.

WorkSafe OHS compliance codes (19)

• Victoria: psychological health requires safer work, not just resilience training

• Victoria: first aid must work on every shift

• Victoria: workplace facilities are a safety issue, including after hours

• Victoria: fix the manual-handling task, not just the lifting technique

• Victoria: safety communication must be understood, not merely distributed

• Victoria: hearing protection is not the whole noise-control plan

• Victoria: chemical safety starts with knowing what is being used

• Victoria: a confined-space permit is not a substitute for eliminating entry

• Victoria: safe machinery needs controls throughout its working life

• Victoria: asbestos management begins before maintenance disturbs the building

• Victoria: commissioning asbestos removal carries responsibilities too

• Victoria: demolition planning must protect the workplace next door

• Victoria: excavation risks extend beyond the hole

• Victoria: construction crews need usable welfare facilities

• Victoria: distinguish lead processes from lead-risk work

• Victoria: the Metal casting code replaces the old Foundries code

• Victoria: the engineered-stone ban changes the starting question

• Victoria: prevent the fall before relying on fall arrest

• Victoria: housing fall-prevention guidance has important published corrections

Return-to-work compliance codes (4)

• Victoria return to work code 1: plan suitable duties with the injured worker

• Victoria return to work code 2: give the coordinator authority to act

• Victoria return to work code 3: make information easy for workers to find

• Victoria return to work code 4: what a labour-hire host needs to do

Dangerous goods (1)

• Victoria’s dangerous goods storage code: check the current regulations before using the PDF

Public-sector employment (25)

• Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2024: what prison officers should check when rosters change

• Victorian VPS flexible work: what to put in a protected request (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS misconduct policy: check the allegations, evidence and proposed outcome separately (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS work performance policy: what a fair improvement process should show (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS safety and rehabilitation policy: consultation and support after a critical incident (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS right to disconnect: handling calls and messages outside your shift (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS shift-work policy: check the roster pattern before checking penalties (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS cultural and ceremonial leave: what First Nations staff should check (PDF reader)

• Victorian Public Sector Industrial Relations Policies 2025: start with the current framework

• Victorian secure employment policy: checking fixed-term contracts after 1 November 2026

• Victorian public sector code of conduct: connect the allegation to the rule and the evidence

• Victoria’s 2025 Review of Actions Regulations: identify the decision and check the deadline

• Victorian VPS legal costs policy: when work-related proceedings may be covered (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS inherent requirements policy: capacity, evidence and adjustments (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS bullying policy: respond to conduct and address the safety risk (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS redeployment policy: record the search for suitable vacancies (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS secondments policy: record the terms before moving roles (PDF reader)

• Victorian VPS workload policy: turn an unsafe workload into a specific review request (PDF reader)

• Victorian public sector Workplace change: meaningful consultation, not just notification

• Victorian public sector Enterprise bargaining: separating proposals from enforceable conditions

• Victorian public sector When a public sector role becomes surplus: redeployment comes first

• Victorian public sector First Nations workplace support: the broader Victorian policy framework

• Victorian public sector Right of entry is not the same as permission to represent someone

• Long service leave: find the source before calculating the entitlement

• Retaining public sector workers takes more than recruitment advertising

PDFs and coverage

Thirteen VPS common-policy guides have an inline reader and an official source link. WorkSafe PDFs and other documents are linked rather than copied where publication rights were restricted or not confirmed. Further checks are needed on agency-specific and corrections operational instructions, employment standards and exclusions, and any additional safety instruments outside the catalogue reviewed. This material is general workplace information, not individual legal advice.