Last week, I spoke with an office worker who had previously been a paramedic. Despite the less intense pressures of his current role, he still experiences high levels of stress. This conversation highlighted a growing issue: the Psychological Erosion Effect. This...

In Australia, recent developments have highlighted emerging psychosocial hazards in the workplace, particularly concerning worker privacy. The introduction of the Commonwealth Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work identifies intrusive surveillance as...

How a global pandemic shaped a new era for psychological health and safety at work The New Era As we enter 2022, we continue to navigate our way through the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic; one of the most significant events in modern history affecting individuals...

One Australian study of worker psychological safety in public and private workplaces has proven that wellbeing can actually improve during turbulent times. Researchers from the University of South Australia and the Centre for Workplace Excellence found that worker wellbeing can improve during not only COVID, but bushfires too. 

Psychosocial (psychological + social) hazards have a detrimental impact on worker mental and physical health. So how do we reduce the risk of these hazards occurring? And when we can’t get rid of them how do we minimise their impact on health? First, we need to understand them so let’s break them down.

Here are the top 7 psychosocial hazards that may be putting your worker’s health at risk:

While awareness of hazardous psychosocial factors such as excessive job demands, inadequate resources, bullying and harassment is widely known, Human Resource and Workplace Health and Safety professionals are starting to ask three very...