Fitness for Work Policy
Editable Word fitness for work policy for Queensland businesses: a fair, practical approach to tiredness, illness, injury, medication and stress at work, with confidentiality and adjustments built in.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits any Queensland business that wants a clear, supportive way to deal with workers who may not be fit for a task. It covers pre-start checks, what a supervisor does, adjustments, health information and support, and links to the related drug and alcohol, fatigue and return to work documents.
What is included in our fitness for work policy?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions of fit for work, impairment, work restriction and adjustment
- Roles for managers, supervisors, workers, HSRs and contractors
- Pre-start fitness check and toolbox question
- What a supervisor does when someone may not be fit
- Ongoing conditions, injuries and adjustments handled in confidence
- Health monitoring where the WHS Regulation requires it
- Privacy and record keeping
- Support for workers and a fair, advised approach
- Legislation and codes of practice references
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 28 (duties of workers), s 29 (other persons), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents), ss 47 to 49 (consultation)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 55A to 55D (psychosocial risks), ss 368 to 378 (health monitoring for hazardous chemicals), ss 405 to 418 (lead) and ss 435 to 444 (asbestos)
- Managing the Risk of Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice 2022 (including adjustments for individual workers, 3.3.4)
- Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): s 225 (a driver is unfit to drive if not of sufficiently good health or fitness to drive a heavy vehicle safely)
- Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), which protects workers with an impairment and limits requests for unnecessary information
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers.
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How to use it
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Buy and download
Check out with card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download buttons appear straight away and the links are emailed to you. Links work for 3 months, so save your copies.
Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
Your download buttons appear as soon as checkout finishes, and the links are emailed to you. You can re-download from your account at any time.
Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
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