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Ordering an employer to halt its restructuring plan is a "significant development" in the way workplace health and safety regulators approach psychosocial hazards, a lawyer says.

"An inspector's power to issue a prohibition notice arises if the inspector reasonably believes that an activity is occurring, or may occur, at a workplace that involves or will involve a serious risk to the health or safety of a person emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to a hazard," King & Wood Mallesons' senior consultant Brett Feltham tells HR Daily.

"[The prohibition action] clearly demonstrates that ensuring the proper management of psychosocial hazards remains a significant focus for the safety regulator," he adds.

SafeWork NSW has confirmed to HR Daily's associate publication OHS Alert that it issued a prohibition notice to the University of Technology, following allegations of risk of psychological harm...