Exposure to psychosocial hazards in the workplace is linked to work related health complaints, loss of productivity, and loss of performance. The World Health Organization and the European Agency for Health and
Psychosocial hazards in the workplace: Challenges for regulators, Labour Inspectors and Worker representatives Edited by Katherine Lippel, Michael Quinlan Other articles from this issue OHS inspectors and psychosocial risk factors: Evidence from Australia April 2011 Richard Johnstone,…, Maria McNamara New...
After identifying common potential psychosocial hazards across the Group – which include sexual harassment and assault; bullying; discrimination; fatigue and burnout; and workplace relations – our Australia region conducted an initial workshop in 2023 and developed risk assessment tools, which will even...
the European Union, Mexico, Chile, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Colombia have passed legislation that directs organizations to identify, eliminate, and prevent psychosocial hazards in the workplace.
In effect, the study has proposed the promotion of a positive psychosocial safety climate (PSC) therein. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effect of PSC on the relationship between psychosocial hazards (i.e. work stress, workplace violence and workplace bullying...
In our rapidly changing world of work there is an ever increasing pressure to do more with less in a future which has growing uncertainty. These pressures are manifesting themselves in an increasing number of Psychosocial Hazards, in every type of workplace. Stress, bullying, harassment and deter...
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As new global standards and local regulations urge leaders to adopt a risk-management approach in addressing psychosocial hazards, the prevailing question is increasingly this: Is this the most effective route to supporting workplace well-being? After a year of close collabo...
On 19 October 2023, the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court fined Court Services Victoria (CSV) nearly $380,000 in relation to a toxic workplace culture and a range of psychosocial hazards that contributed to the suicide death of an employee lawyer at the Coro
Can we physically separate workers from the hazard?Though more commonly thought of as a control for physical hazards, the potential for physical hazards such as violence can be greatly reduced by facilitating workplace violence audits and controls like lone worker protection plans, lighting, security...