WHS alignment
Aligned to your WHS duty of care, ready for audit
UV radiation is a recognised workplace hazard under the WHS Act. Flare gives you a structured skin monitoring program that sends checks directly to a clinician and generates compliance documentation automatically — with nothing stored on any server.
The obligation
What the WHS Act requires
Under the Australian Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act, a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) has a general duty to eliminate or minimise risks to worker health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable.
UV radiation is a recognised workplace hazard. For outdoor workforces, this means PCBUs should identify the risk, implement controls, and take reasonable steps to monitor whether workers' health has been affected — not just provide PPE and training.
Skin cancer screening is a proactive, reasonable measure that supports your duty of care for workers in construction, mining, agriculture, education, local government, and sport.
General duty of care
- Identify UV radiation as a workplace hazard
- Assess the level of risk to exposed workers
- Implement controls across the hierarchy
- Monitor health outcomes where reasonably practicable
- Document the measures you've taken
How Flare maps
Four pillars of compliance alignment
UV exposure monitoring
UV radiation is a recognised workplace hazard under the WHS Act. Flare targets this specific hazard with a defined skin monitoring process — workers send photos directly to their nominated clinician. Each check is linked to the UV exposure risk inherent in the worker's role.
Health surveillance, not wellness
General wellness programs don't demonstrate that you've addressed a specific hazard. Flare targets UV exposure with a direct pathway to a clinician — structured health monitoring that goes beyond tick-box wellness.
Documented preventative action
Each skin check is timestamped and recorded as a delivery event. Aggregate participation data gives your WHS team a reportable metric — not just a policy document, but evidence of action taken.
Duty of care defence
In the event of a claim or investigation, regulators look for evidence that the PCBU identified the hazard, implemented a monitoring program, and acted on findings. Flare creates this chain of evidence automatically as part of normal operation.
Audit readiness
Documentation that stands up to scrutiny
Invitation records
Timestamped proof that every eligible worker was offered screening — whether or not they chose to participate.
Delivery records
Every submission is quality-checked and delivered to the nominated clinician with a full audit trail — timestamped delivery confirmation and aggregate reporting.
Aggregate reporting
Participation rates, completion metrics, and program coverage — all without exposing individual health information to employers.
Governance
Clinical oversight and data protection
Every submission goes through an automated image quality check, then is sent directly to the employer's nominated clinician. The clinician receives the photo with worker details for professional assessment. Flare is the delivery mechanism — getting the right photo to the right clinician, quickly and privately.
Health information is collected under APP 3 with informed consent, sent directly to the nominated clinician under APP 6, and never stored server-side. Employers never receive identified health data — only aggregate delivery metrics.
Participation is voluntary. Workers choose when and whether to submit. Submissions go directly to the clinician — not to their employer, supervisor, or HR team. Workers can request deletion of their account at any time.
Photos and worker details are encrypted in transit and sent directly to the clinician. No images or health data are stored on any Flare server. After delivery, only non-identifying metadata is retained — eliminating the compliance burden of storing sensitive health information.
Private by design. Photos go directly to the clinician — nothing stored on any server. A stronger compliance story for your WHS program.