This page includes resources for workplaces in the Real Estate industry on work health and safety, workers’ compensation and COVID-19.
The Real Estate industry is involved in valuing, purchasing, selling, managing or renting real estate for others.
Activities include:
- real estate broking services
- real estate agency services
- real estate auctioning services
- real estate management services
- real estate rental agency services
- time share apartment management services, and
- real estate valuing services.
Workplaces may include offices, private houses, apartments, commercial buildings, industrial sites and land sales.
To ensure this information is as accessible and easy to understand as possible, we refer to ‘employers’ and their responsibilities.
However, under the model WHS laws, duties apply to any person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) which includes employers, but also others who engage workers. For more information about who is a PCBU see our Interpretive Guideline – model Work Health and Safety Act – the meaning of ‘person conducting a business or undertaking'.
The model WHS laws have been implemented in all jurisdictions except Victoria and Western Australia.
Safe Work Australia does not regulate or enforce WHS laws or the recently introduced COVID-19 restrictions on business operations. If you want to know how WHS laws apply to you or need help with what to do at your workplace, contact the WHS regulator in your jurisdiction. If you want to know what restrictions on business operations apply to you or your workplace, go to your relevant state and territory government website for information.