Psychosocial safety | Page 20 (241 items)

Managers are now noticeably more reluctant to take action that might pose a psychosocial hazard, but holding back can create a "much worse" problem, a workplace lawyer warns.

Employers' psychosocial risk obligations represent a "new dawn" for HR, where this area can no longer be viewed as a workplace health and safety issue. Watch this webcast to understand how psychosocial risks intersect with almost every aspect of employment law and people management.

Here you'll find links to all resources relevant to HR Daily's 'Workplace bullying – case law and risks update' webinar, presented on 28 June by Henry William Lawyers senior associate Renee Kasbarian.

Recent changes to psychosocial risk management require extra attention to three big areas, but so far two are being somewhat overlooked, according to a workplace lawyer.

An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he didn't deserve to be dismissed because his numerous Facebook friend requests and unsolicited messages to a young female colleague were actually from his seven-year-old son.

• Employers forecasting continued high turnover
  
• Workload poorly addressed as a psychosocial hazard

Conversations are one of the best ways to mitigate psychosocial risk in the workplace, but some of the most effective approaches are often overlooked, a conflict expert says.

Employers are often frustrated when employees fail to raise concerns about a risk before disaster strikes, but it's often the case that the problem is less about their people, than their leadership.

The importance of speak-up cultures is becoming well known, but these won't fulfil their objectives without proper focus on the 'listening' element, a governance expert says.

Enhanced obligations around psychosocial safety should be prompting employers to "pressure test" their approach to mental health and wellbeing, says the leader of an organisation awarded for excellence in these areas.