Psychosocial hazards include workplace bullying, traumatic events, excessive workloads, and low job control. The Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 require workplaces to prevent psychosocial hazards from occurring and manage them when they do.
What’s the cost to your business?
On average, work-related mental health injuries, including those caused by psychosocial hazards, have longer recovery times, higher costs, and require more time away from work than any other injury. They cause disruptions because of staff turnover, absenteeism, fractured workplace relations between workers, poor staff morale, and even bad business reputations.
These things are not good for your business.
What’s the human cost?
Someone who directly experiences burnout or micromanagement, or who witnesses workplace bullying or violence, might become anxious, depressed, withdrawn, fearful, develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or have an increased risk of suicide.
They might not be able to sleep, they may turn to alcohol or drugs to cope, or they might develop headaches, muscle tension, and digestive problems.
Get the code
The code of practice Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work delivers practical ‘how do you do it’ guidance, so employers, managers and workers can work together to identify and manage the psychosocial hazards that may be in their workplace.
Get the code for psychosocial hazards
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