The obligation
Workers must take reasonable care for their own and others' health and safety and comply with reasonable PCBU instructions and notified health and safety policies.
While at work, a worker must take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that their acts or omissions do not adversely affect others. A worker must comply, so far as reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction given by the PCBU to allow it to comply with the Act, and co-operate with any reasonable health or safety policy or procedure notified to workers. Other persons at a workplace have similar duties of reasonable care and compliance with reasonable instructions.
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- Workers must take reasonable care for their own and others' health and safety and comply with reasonable PCBU instructions and notified health and safety policies.
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Worker duties (s 28) is a WHS requirement set out in Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW). The relevant provision is WHS Act 2011 NSW > Part 2 > Division 4 > ss 28–29 § 28.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Worker duties (s 28) is a WHS obligation under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW). In short, Workers must take reasonable care for their own and others' health and safety and comply with reasonable PCBU instructions and notified health and safety policies.
What changed recently?
Worker duties (s 28) was last updated on 19 October 2026.