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Hotline for reps

The VTHC has been running special briefings for OHS reps on the new OHS Act.  If you've got questions, here's how to get them answered.

If you've attended a briefing, or have been looking at the new OHS Act, you may have a few questions on how things are going to work, or what the changes mean to you.  If you do have a question, you can get some guidance and advice in a number of ways:

  1. Send in a message through the Ask Renata facility on this website.
  2. Write it out and send it by Fax (Attention Renata) to the OHS Unit on 03 9639 0408
  3. If urgent, give Renata a call on 03 9659 3571

At the end of the briefings, we will make sure that the most common questions asked - and the answers, of course - will be put on the website.  We will also be producing a booklet with the FAQs once the briefings for reps have been completed.

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