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Managing Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace: Why a Policy Alone Won’t Protect You

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What’s the real issue?  Having a psychosocial health and safety policy is not the same as managing psychosocial risk and regulators increasingly treat the gap as a breach. The most common mistake we see is treating this as an HR document rather than a WHS obligation owned by senior leadership exactly the “Band-Aid solution” the Model Code of Practice warns against.  A

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The Positive Duty Explained: How Australian Employers Prevent Sexual Harassment at Work

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The biggest shift in Australian sexual harassment law is not a new penalty or complaint form. It is a change in who must act, and when.  Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), employers now carry a positive duty — a proactive, ongoing obligation to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sex-based harassment, hostile work environments and victimisation, so far as possible. 

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When HR Decisions Become WHS Risks: Managing the Intersection Between Psychosocial Safety Law and Employment Law

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Performance-manage an underperformer, restructure a team or investigate a bullying complaint, and you are no longer working within employment law alone. That decision now sits inside your work health and safety duty — and a process that is perfectly lawful under the Fair Work Act can still expose you under WHS legislation.  The answer is not to

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Mental Health First Aid at Work: Learn how employers can manage psychosocial hazards, meet WHS obligations, and build a compliant workplace mental health strategy.

Mental Health First Aid at Work: A Practical Guide for Employers

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Mental health in the workplace is no longer a “nice to have” conversation — it is a business-critical priority.  In a recent HR Bites webinar, I explored the role of Mental Health First Aid at Work within a broader workplace mental health strategy, and the practical steps employers can take to manage psychological risk, meet

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