psychosocial hazards are increasingly recognized as major challenges to health, safety and well-being at work.

Are you aware that from 1 April 2023, new Safe Work Australia regulations imposed obligations on organizations to manage the psychological health and safety of their employees? You could face a penalty of up to $3,000,000 for non-compliance. We are committed to help you create a psychologically safe workplace, and have designed well™ to assist your organization to align with Safe Work Australia’s Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work.

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Safe Work’s process for managing psychosocial risks

Safe Work Australia provides organizations with a risk management process which is designed to support in eliminating or minimizing psychosocial risks.

It involves four steps:

1. Identify hazards - understand what could cause harm
2. Assess risks, if necessary - understand the nature of the harm the hazard could cause, how serious the harm could be and the likelihood of it happening.
3. Control risks - eliminate and minimise risks, and ensure control measures remain effective over time.
4. Review control measures - ensure they are working as planned and make changes as required.

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well™ is designed to assist organizations to eliminate risk and ensure control measures remain effective over time.

Well™ is designed to assist organizations to align their risk management frameworks with “Step 3: control risks” of the risk management process, in Safe Work Australia’s Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work.

By providing ongoing access to learning, well™ equips your organization with the necessary content to support employees to build awareness and understanding of psychosocial risks in the workplace.

Through well™, individuals are not only equipped with the necessary knowledge but are also encouraged to apply their learnings in real-time and real-world scenarios, influencing behaviour change.

Our aim is to create an environment where all team members are equipped to play an active role in promoting and maintaining a psychologically safe workplace and help control psychosocial risks.

We believe this proactive engagement at every level enables comprehensive risk control measures by helping to (and as outlined above by Safe Work Australia) eliminate and minimise risks and supports a sustainable culture of wellbeing.