Safety Standards for Transport of Workers to Worksites Given New Code of Practice on Chief Executives’ and Board of Directors’ Workplace Safety and Health Duties

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the new Code of Practice on Chief Executives’ and Board of Directors’ Workplace Safety and Health Duties will require company management to implement systems to ensure the safety of transport for workers to their worksites; (b) if it does, what safety standards are companies required to meet in terms of transport safety; and (c) if not, why not.

The Code of Practice (COP) sets out guidance on measures that company directors should take to uphold their workplace safety and health (WSH) duties under the WSH Act. These duties include the safe transport of workers. COP allows the company to determine how best this can be done and to put in place management systems to review its policies and processes.