WorkSafe Victoria has just concluded a Safe Work Month webinar on psychosocial hazards and psychological risks, attended by around 14,000. The content was familiar to anyone who has been following the development of Victoria’s new occupational health and safety (OHS) over the last four years, but it was an important communications opportunity for WorkSafe with …
WorkSafe Victoria used to launch National Safe Work Month (or Safe Work Week as it started out) in a big way in Melbourne. They tried something similar when it relocated to Geelong, but this year, there was nothing of the same magnitude. There was some strong publicity benefit from having a big half- to full-day …
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Brodie Panlock. I have been thinking of her a lot over the last few months as Victorian employers (finally) start to seriously consider their legislative obligations to provide a mentally safe and healthy work environment. I wonder whether the new psychosocial safety regulations had been …
The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation states that employers must eliminate hazards as far as is reasonably practicable. If you start your safety journey from this point, you will forever be frustrated in your OHS achievements and disappointed in your job. OHS may be forever linked with laws and regulations, but the safety and …
This blog has been focused on psychosocial hazards and psychological safety over the last week or so. (I warned you) This area of occupational health and safety (OHS) currently dominates the discussion and is likely to continue doing so for some time. There are not many books on this hazard, but I. David Daniels, an …
Later this afternoon, Carlo Caponecchia will be on a conference panel about ISO45003, a document he assisted in creating, but he has been involved in psychosocial hazard research for much longer than just one international Standard. I value his perspectives which are reflected in his responses to my questions below....
Two prominent experts on psychosocial hazards at work, featuring at the Psych Health and Safety Conference later this week in Sydney, Mary Ann Baynton and I. David Daniels, responded to my question to them (and other speakers) listed in the title above. Mary Ann Baynton’s response first: “The two most persistent barriers to employers preventing …
