Australian work health and safety enforcement regarding service provision to people with disabilities: lessons for service providers*

<p>In Australia, work health and safety legislation applies to all work-places, including those where disability-related supports and serv-ices are provided. It is thus relevant to people with disabilities(including people with intellectual disabilities) and the workers sup-porting them. The legislation allows work health and safety regula-tors to take enforcement action against people and organisationsthat breach their legal duties, including through prosecution andagreeing to enforceable undertakings. Using legal databases andregisters of enforcement actions, this article examines the extentand circumstances of prosecutions and enforceable undertakings inAustralian disability-related services and supports and identifiesnine lessons for providers of services to people with disabilities.</p>