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Written by
Felicity Menzies
Founder & CEO, Culture Plus Consulting
15+ years advising global and Australian corporate and government organisations on workplace culture, psychosocial risk and Respect at Work obligations.
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Psychosocial Safety
Psychosocial Safety is a Physical Safety Control
This is the eighth article in a weekly series on psychosocial hazard management in Australia. Organisations that would never let a critical physical control go unowned, unmeasured or unverified often govern psychosocial risk through wellbeing programs instead. The evidence shows the two are not separate risks running in parallel — psychosocial risk is a leading indicator of physical incident risk.
Psychosocial Safety
Psychosocial Safety: Law Establishes the Duty. Governance Determines Performance.
This is the seventh article in a weekly series on psychosocial hazard management in Australia. Statutory duties, codes of practice, regulator guidance and the positive duty now establish clear expectations. What they do not provide is an integrated executive governance model for consistently translating those expectations into practice.
Psychosocial Safety
Reimagining Safety, Respect and Inclusion As One Leadership Pathway
Safety teams deliver psychosocial hazards training. HR leads Respect at Work. DEI teams run inclusive leadership. Each may be valuable in isolation, but delivered separately they leave leaders to connect the dots themselves. The problem is not a lack of training — it is a lack of integration. How three foundations of a high-performing workplace can be built through one connected leadership pathway.
Psychosocial Safety
Understanding and Meeting Psychosocial Safety Due Diligence Obligations: Guidelines for Directors & Executives
This is the sixth article in a weekly series on psychosocial hazard management in Australia. While no Australian officer has yet been prosecuted for failing to exercise due diligence over psychosocial risk, section 27 of the model WHS Act provides the statutory basis. Directors and executives should examine whether the evidence required to discharge the duty would withstand regulatory scrutiny.
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