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Managing high-risk mental health matters at work
The Managing High-Risk Mental Health Matters at Work Readiness Checklist helps HR, WHS, People and Culture and Risk teams assess whether their organisation is ready to respond when serious mental health concerns arise at work. It covers high-risk escalation pathways, role clarity, clinical and organisational governance, documentation, workplace safety planning, leader capability and EAP provider…

The Practical Psychosocial Risk Control Guide
The Practical Psychosocial Risk Control Guide helps HR, WHS professionals, executives and people leaders move beyond awareness and standalone wellbeing activity to practical controls that reduce exposure and improve how work is designed, managed and reviewed. It includes a clear control taxonomy, strength-rating framework, guidance across 17 psychosocial hazards and practical case studies to help…

AI in the Workplace: Protecting employee wellbeing amid rapid adoption
This guide examines how rapid AI adoption is reshaping work and introducing new psychosocial risks, alongside opportunities to improve employee wellbeing when implemented thoughtfully. It provides a structured, human-centred framework aligned to work health and safety principles to help organisations manage risk, support their people, and demonstrate effective, defensible action as work evolves.

Vicarious Trauma in the Workplace
If exposure to harmful interpersonal behaviours at work is left as an unprotected hazard, it can cause physical and psychological harm to the person they are directed at and anyone witnessing the behaviour. Discover practical strategies to identify, control, reduce and mitigate psychosocial risks from harmful workplace behaviours.

Harmful Behaviours
If exposure to harmful interpersonal behaviours at work is left as an unprotected hazard, it can cause physical and psychological harm to the person they are directed at and anyone witnessing the behaviour. Discover practical strategies to identify, control, reduce and mitigate psychosocial risks from harmful workplace behaviours.

Job Demands
Job demands are one of the most common sources of poor psychological health and safety in the workplace. To manage work demands, workplaces need to ensure the balance between demands and the ability for employees to cope, while adequate resources, social supports from colleagues and supervisors, and job control as appropriate.

Violent or Traumatic Events or Material
Exposure to violent or traumatic events or material at work can be a major source of stress for employees and result in adverse effects on employees’ wellbeing. Employers in Australia are legally required to provide and maintain a safe working environment without risks to employees’ health. This includes taking steps to prevent and respond to…


