SHZ Request Templates

Safe Health Zones (SHZ)

Purpose of this page

This page provides a set of neutral, role-specific request templates for individuals, workers, or organisations who wish to ask relevant stakeholders to consider Safe Health Zones (SHZ) as an exploratory, voluntary concept.

Each template is designed to support good-faith review, not to seek endorsement, mandate, or implementation.

All requests respect existing governance, legal, industrial, and regulatory frameworks.

Available request templates

Request an employer to consider SHZ

For workers or representatives who wish to raise SHZ internally with an employer as a post-shift recovery pilot concept.

  • Framed as a safety and wellbeing suggestion

  • Suitable for WHS, HR, or operations review

  • Non-confrontational and non-activist

  • Does not bypass unions or existing systems

Access the template:
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Request unions to consider SHZ

For union members who wish to ask their union or delegates to review SHZ from a worker-protection perspective.

  • Respects union authority and governance

  • Avoids bypassing industrial processes

  • Focuses on consent, dignity, and safeguards

  • Invites review, not endorsement

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Request insurers to consider SHZ

For policyholders, workers, or organisations seeking risk-focused input from insurers or self-insurance schemes.

  • Framed as a downstream risk inquiry

  • Focuses on fatigue, commute risk, and long-tail claims

  • Does not seek approval or underwriting

  • Recognises insurer discretion to decline comment

Access the template:
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Request councils to consider SHZ

For residents, workers, or organisations wishing to ask councils or public health units to review SHZ as a community-level pilot concept.

  • Uses public-health and wellbeing language

  • Avoids assumptions about land use or funding

  • Suitable for referral to health or community teams

  • Respects council decision-making processes

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Request state or national health authorities to consider SHZ

For stakeholders wishing to ask health departments to provide preliminary public-health guidance on SHZ.

  • Frames SHZ as an exploratory public-health concept

  • Avoids advocacy or policy demands

  • Suitable for policy, prevention, or research units

  • Accepts that authorities may decline engagement

Access the template:
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Important note

Use of these templates does not imply endorsement, obligation, or expectation of adoption.

Each request is intended to:

  • Enable informed consideration

  • Reduce misinterpretation

  • Respect institutional independence

Any decision to proceed with a pilot or further review remains entirely at the discretion of the recipient organisation.

Disclaimer

These templates are provided for informational purposes only.
They do not constitute legal, industrial, insurance, or health advice.
All consideration of Safe Health Zones must comply with applicable laws, agreements, and governance processes.