What SMEs need to know about psychosocial hazard regulations

As of April this year, Australia made key amendments to its Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws to include regulations on managing and mitigating psychosocial hazards in the workplace. This means all employers are now legally obligated to ensure the psychological safety of their employees.

Adhering to these new regulations may seem easy for larger organisations with abundant resources. But what about small businesses? This could be a crucial step and the difference between keeping or losing talent and a big hit to their bottom line.

With three months having passed since the amendments, is the small business community aware of what this means for them?

When employers consider psychosocial hazards at work, they typically think of violence and aggression, harassment, conflicts in the workplace, or traumatic events.