This Guide provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking and other duty holders on how to manage fatigue to ensure it does not contribute to health and safety risks in the workplace. 

The Guide contains information that can be applied generally to all types of work and workplaces covered by the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act. It is not designed to provide information on managing fatigue in specific industries and does not replace requirements related to fatigue under other laws, for example heavy vehicle driver fatigue laws or rail safety requirements. 

This information is available in the Heavy Vehicle (Fatigue Management) National Regulation and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s Fatigue Risk Management Guideline. Working hours may also be subject to industrial awards or enterprise agreements. 

Supporting Information

• Fatigue  

• Fatigue management – a worker’s guide.