Sex work - How to manage work health and safety risks
This film explains what a Persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) is and the responsibility they have to ensure the safety of workers. It also covers the various work health and safety duties in a sex work workplace and the crucial role of consultation to ensure plans are being followed.
Every business owner and worker plays a role in keeping sex work workplaces safe.
Business owners are called persons conducting a business or undertaking, or PCBUs, and they have clearly defined duties under Queensland’s workplace health and safety laws.
These include providing sex workers with safety information and training, personal protective equipment like condoms and lube, and affirming sex workers' rights to say no to unsafe work.
PCBUs must also help to eliminate or minimise physical and psychosocial risks and hazards.
Every workplace has risks but the guidance material developed can help to manage and even eliminate these, such as fixing trip hazards or making sure a sex worker does not regularly work alone.
Every worker in a sex work workplace – including drivers and receptionists – must also take care of their own health and safety, as must anyone who visits your workplace, including clients.
Plans put in place should be done in consultation with workers and reviewed regularly to ensure they’re being followed.
Read more at worksafe.qld.gov.au/sex-work.