In December 2022, a positive duty on employers, businesses, and organisations to take ‘reasonable and proportionate’ steps to eliminate unlawful conduct in the workplace was included in the Sex Discrimination Act.
Amendments have been made to the model WHS Act and model WHS Regulations, including how WHS penalty provisions are expressed, increasing penalty amounts and providing for the indexation of penalty amounts.
March 2023 Issue 44 Psychological Safety vs Psychosocial Risk Psychological safety and psychosocial risks both require attention from employers to create a safe and healthy work environment, but how well do leaders understand the difference between the two terms and the factors that contribute to them? Sea Safe: bringing the seafood…
A new 10-year national strategy to reduce workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in Australia has been released. The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2023-2033 addresses ongoing and emerging challenges in work health and safety over the next decade, including managing psychosocial risks, the rise of artificial intelligence, automation and related technologies, and new types…
With the release of the new Model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work in July 2022, psychological safety and psychosocial risks are currently at the top of most safety agendas. Psychological safety and psychosocial risks both relate to the workplace but they differ in the factors that contribute to them and their impact…
“Everybody deserves to come home safely” is the message the commercial seafood industry is promoting as part of their launch of a new national safety program called ‘Sea Safe’. The four-year program has been designed to drive culture improvement and change throughout the sector through a focus on peer-to-peer sharing, learning and ultimately behaviour changes.
More than one in five employed people worldwide – 23 per cent – have experienced one or more forms of violence or harassment at work, according to a global study. It found that the main forms of work-related violence and harassment were psychological violence and harassment, including insults, threats, bullying or intimidation.
OHS professionals need to balance leading with the qualities of both “the head and the heart” in order to become more effective leaders at work, according to author and company director Dr Kirstin Ferguson. The art of being a modern leader is knowing what attributes of leading with the head and heart are needed (and…
Australia is a world leader in WHS. Unfortunately, workers and others continue to be injured at and by work, sometimes fatally. We need to ensure that WHS is core to how we do business in Australia. Lessons learned from prosecutions can provide insight into future safety improvements.
Understanding the signs of a mentally healthy workplace is tricky – especially when you can’t see them. That’s why SafeWork Vic have created the WorkWell Toolkit, to help you control hazards that you can’t see and help you on your way to creating a mentally healthy workplace and fulfilling your responsibilities as an employer.
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