Everyone in the workplace has WHS duties under the model WHS Act.  

You have specific duties if you are: 

• a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) 

• a principal contractor 

• a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer of plant, substances or structures 

• an officer. 

The model WHS Regulations have duties that apply to the retail industry. This includes managing risks of hazardous manual tasks, the work environment and plant.  

As a PCBU, you must, so far as is reasonably practicable:  

• ensure the health and safety of workers and others at your workplace  

• consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter, and 

• consult cooperate and coordinate activities with all other relevant duty holders. 

You must:  

• provide and maintain a work environment that does not pose physical or psychological risks to health and safety 

• give workers the information, training, instruction and supervision they need to carry out their work safely.