Legal & Reference Framework

All 174 instruments from MOM’s legislation hub, by subject and legal weight. Download any source PDF, or Ask where SAGE holds the text.

Hazards, incidents and safe systems of work.

Legislation

38Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Work Injury Compensation Act 2019
Applies to: Employers and their employees (s 7(1))
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Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces, unless exempted (MOM)
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Factories (Registration and Other Services — Fees and Forms) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Not yet classified
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Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Factories (para 2)
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Factories (Work of Engineering Construction) Order
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Works of engineering construction (para 2)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace where abrasive blasting is carried out (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Asbestos) Regulations 2014
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace with work on materials that may contain asbestos (reg 3(1))
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Workplace Safety and Health (Composition of Offences) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Confined Spaces) Regulations 2009
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Confined spaces in any workplace (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All worksites (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Design for Safety) Regulations 2015
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Construction projects of $10 million or more (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Premises owned by the Singapore Armed Forces and domestic premises (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Explosive Powered Tools) Regulations 2009
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace where explosive powered tools are used (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (First-Aid) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces except hospitals and medical clinics (regs 3, 4(1))
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Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces (reg 2)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Learning Report) Regulations 2019
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health (Major Hazard Installations) Regulations 2017
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Major hazard installations (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace with hazardous occupations (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Noise) Regulations 2011
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace with excessive noise (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Offences and Penalties) (Subsidiary Legislation under section 66(14)) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health (Operation of Cranes) Regulations 2011
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace where a crane is in use (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Registration of Factories) Regulations 2008
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Factories (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Risk Management) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: All workplaces (reg 3(1))
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Workplace Safety and Health (Safety and Health Management System and Auditing) Regulations 2009
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Factories (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Any workplace where scaffolds are used (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Shipyards and ships in harbour (MOM)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Transitional Provision) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Every workplace (Part III: factories only) (reg 3(2), (3))
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Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Committees) Regulations 2008
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Factories with 50 or more persons at work (reg 3)
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Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations
Made under Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Applies to: Factories (MOM)
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Codes of Practice

Only a code the WSH (Approved Codes of Practice) Notification lists is an Approved Code of Practice: not law in itself, but admissible in evidence (WSH Act s 40C). The badge says which.

Code of Practice for Platform Services
Applies to: Ride-hail and delivery platform operators (§1.1)
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Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights (Chinese)
Applies to: Work at height in every industry (§1.1.1)
Approved Code of Practice
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Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights (English)
Applies to: Work at height in every industry (§1.1.1)
Approved Code of Practice
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Code of Practice on Chief Executives’ and Board of Directors’ WSH Duties
Applies to: Chief executives and boards of all companies (Q 9–10)
Approved Code of Practice
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Code of Practice on Safe Lifting Operations in the Workplaces
Applies to: Lifting operations in any workplace (§1.1.1)
Approved Code of Practice
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Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management
Applies to: All workplaces (§1)
Approved Code of Practice
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Workplace Safety and Health (Approved Codes of Practice) Notification 2025
Not yet classified
Information
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WSH Guidelines

47Guidance

Guidance, not a legal requirement. The recognised benchmark for safe systems of work.

Working Safely During Installation Maintenance and Replacement of Escalators and Moving Walks
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Design for Safety (Revised, 2022)
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Lifting Plan Development
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Preparing for Adverse Weather
Not yet classified
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Procurement in the Construction Industry
Written for: Construction and Landscape (WSH Council)
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Tent-related Works (Chinese)
Written for: Construction and Landscape (WSH Council)
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Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Workplace Housekeeping
Written for: Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines Event Management
Written for: Facilities Management (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines for Delivery Services Industry
Written for: Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines for Hearing Conservation Programme
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines for Working safely on Roofs (Revised, 2013)
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines Implementation of WSH Management System for the Marine Industries
Written for: Marine (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines Implementation of WSH Management System for the Metalworking Industry
Written for: Manufacturing (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines Management of Indoor Air Quality in Air-Conditioned Workplaces
Written for: Facilities Management (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Anchorage, Lifelines and Temporary Edge Protection Systems
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Cleaning and Custodial Services
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Combustible Dust
Written for: Chemical, Manufacturing (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Compressed Air Works – Prevention of Compressed Air Illness and Barotrauma
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Contractor Management
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Occupational Diseases
Written for: Chemical (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Fatigue Management
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Flammable Materials
Written for: Chemical (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Healthcare
Written for: Healthcare (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Hospitality and Entertainment Industries
Written for: Hospitality and Entertainment (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Improving Ergonomics in the Workplace
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Inland Inshore Commercial Diving
Written for: Marine (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Investigating Workplaces Incidents for SME
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Laboratories Handling Chemicals
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Landscape and Horticulture Management (Revised 2018)
Written for: Construction and Landscape (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Management and Removal of Asbestos
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Management of Hazardous Chemicals Programme
Written for: Chemical (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Managing Heat Stress in the Workplace
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Managing Safety and Health for SMEs in the Metalworking Industry
Written for: Manufacturing (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Personal Flotation Devices - Life Jackets
Written for: Marine (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Personal Protective Equipment for Work at Heights
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Process Hazard Analysis
Written for: Chemical (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Process Safety Performance Indicators
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Safe Loading and Unloading on Vehicles - English
Written for: Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Safe Operation of Forklifts
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Safe Use of Lorry Cranes
Written for: Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Safe Use of Machinery
Not yet classified
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WSH Guidelines on Safeguarding Against Falling Objects
Written for: Construction and Landscape, Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Statutory Medical Examinations
Written for: Healthcare (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Toxic Industrial Waste Treatment
Written for: Facilities Management (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Working Safely During Maintenance of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts
Written for: Facilities Management (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Working Safely during Modernisation, Installation or Dismantling of Electric Passenger and Goods Lift
Written for: Facilities Management (WSH Council)
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WSH Guidelines on Workplace Traffic Safety Management
Written for: Transportation and Storage (WSH Council)
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Work passes, levies, and dormitory licensing.

Legislation

16Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990
Not yet classified
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Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015
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Hours, salary, leave, and employment claims.

Legislation

17Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Employment Act 1968
Not yet classified
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Employment Agencies Act 1958
Not yet classified
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Employment Claims Act 2016
Not yet classified
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Unions, retirement and re-employment, parental leave.

Legislation

25Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001
Not yet classified
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Industrial Relations Act 1960
Not yet classified
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Retirement and Re-employment Act 1993
Not yet classified
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Trade Unions Act 1940
Not yet classified
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A separate legal regime from employment — check the instrument itself.

Legislation

17Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Authorised Places of Entry and Departure, and Rates) Notification 2012
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2025
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Exemption from Section 36(1)) Order 2022
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa — IEA Regional Cooperation Centre) Order 2025
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order 2026
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Immigration Depots) (No. 2) Notification 2018
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea — Exemption from Section 6) Order 2023
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Prescribed Law Enforcement Agencies) Regulations 2024
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Prohibition of Entry) Order
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Section 57(1)(d) — Exemption) Order 2022
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration (Temporary Authorised Place of Entry and Departure — Singapore Airshow 2024) Notification 2024
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration Anchorages Notification
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration Officers
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Immigration Regulations
Made under Immigration Act 1959
Not yet classified
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Linked from MOM’s hub for completeness; most impose no duty on employers.

Legislation

7Binding law

The Acts and the binding regulations made under them. Compliance is mandatory.

Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018
Not yet classified
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Singapore Labour Foundation Act 1977
Not yet classified
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Trade Disputes Act 1941
Not yet classified
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Legislation

Work Injury Compensation Act 2019

Work Injury Compensation (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2020

Work Injury Compensation (Declaration of Government Employees) Declaration 2021

Work Injury Compensation (Exemption from Section 30) Order 2020

Work Injury Compensation (Insurance) Regulations 2020

Work Injury Compensation (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2020

Work Injury Compensation (Workers’ Fund) Regulations 2020

Work Injury Compensation Regulations 2020

Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

Factories (Registration and Other Services — Fees and Forms) Regulations

Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order

Factories (Work of Engineering Construction) Order

Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008

Workplace Safety and Health (Asbestos) Regulations 2014

Workplace Safety and Health (Composition of Offences) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Confined Spaces) Regulations 2009

Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007

Workplace Safety and Health (Design for Safety) Regulations 2015

Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order

Workplace Safety and Health (Explosive Powered Tools) Regulations 2009

Workplace Safety and Health (First-Aid) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Learning Report) Regulations 2019

Workplace Safety and Health (Major Hazard Installations) Regulations 2017

Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011

Workplace Safety and Health (Noise) Regulations 2011

Workplace Safety and Health (Offences and Penalties) (Subsidiary Legislation under section 66(14)) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Operation of Cranes) Regulations 2011

Workplace Safety and Health (Registration of Factories) Regulations 2008

Workplace Safety and Health (Risk Management) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Safety and Health Management System and Auditing) Regulations 2009

Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011

Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008

Workplace Safety and Health (Transitional Provision) Regulations

Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013

Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Committees) Regulations 2008

Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations

Codes of Practice

Code of Practice for Platform Services

Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights (Chinese)

Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights (English)

Code of Practice on Chief Executives’ and Board of Directors’ WSH Duties

Code of Practice on Safe Lifting Operations in the Workplaces

Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management

Workplace Safety and Health (Approved Codes of Practice) Notification 2025

WSH Guidelines

Working Safely During Installation Maintenance and Replacement of Escalators and Moving Walks

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Design for Safety (Revised, 2022)

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Lifting Plan Development

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Preparing for Adverse Weather

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Procurement in the Construction Industry

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Tent-related Works (Chinese)

Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines on Workplace Housekeeping

WSH Guidelines Event Management

WSH Guidelines for Delivery Services Industry

WSH Guidelines for Hearing Conservation Programme

WSH Guidelines for Working safely on Roofs (Revised, 2013)

WSH Guidelines Implementation of WSH Management System for the Marine Industries

WSH Guidelines Implementation of WSH Management System for the Metalworking Industry

WSH Guidelines Management of Indoor Air Quality in Air-Conditioned Workplaces

WSH Guidelines on Anchorage, Lifelines and Temporary Edge Protection Systems

WSH Guidelines on Cleaning and Custodial Services

WSH Guidelines on Combustible Dust

WSH Guidelines on Compressed Air Works – Prevention of Compressed Air Illness and Barotrauma

WSH Guidelines on Contractor Management

WSH Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Occupational Diseases

WSH Guidelines on Fatigue Management

WSH Guidelines on Flammable Materials

WSH Guidelines on Healthcare

WSH Guidelines on Hospitality and Entertainment Industries

WSH Guidelines on Improving Ergonomics in the Workplace

WSH Guidelines on Inland Inshore Commercial Diving

WSH Guidelines on Investigating Workplaces Incidents for SME

WSH Guidelines on Laboratories Handling Chemicals

WSH Guidelines on Landscape and Horticulture Management (Revised 2018)

WSH Guidelines on Management and Removal of Asbestos