WHS and Psychosocial Hazards (ONLINE)

Ticket sales will end 7 February to allow time for course materials to be mailed.

Time/Duration: One half-day - 9.00am – 1.00pm 

Key learning outcomes

• Understanding the WHS legal framework and the legal duties of PCBUs, directors/officers and workers
• Upskill in identifying WHS hazards and the associated risks
• Gain clarity on identifying and addressing workplace psychosocial hazards 
• Learn practical strategies to eliminate or minimise harm caused by psychosocial and other hazards in your workplace
• Learn the steps you need to take to create a safe and positive work environment and discharge your duty of care

Course Overview

With increasing legislative and regulatory focus on the psychological safety of workers while at work, now is the time for employers to review their existing hazard identification and risk management frameworks, and to determine whether they are taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure they are providing a safe working environment.

Psychosocial hazards are those which could cause psychological harm to employees and include things like a poor physical environment, inadequate support, job demands and stress, bullying and harassment, as well as sexual harassment. Ensuring the psychological health and safety of workers is your responsibility as an employer and if a risk management system for psychosocial hazards is not proactively implemented you may be exposing your business to criminal liability.

However, management of these hazards presents unique challenges for employers, and traditional approaches to risk management are likely to fall short of the standards now expected by regulators.

This half-day course will bring you up to speed on how to:

• understand your legal obligations, and the sources of those obligations,
• identify psychosocial and other hazards in the workplace,
• assess the risks which arise from those hazards, including risks to psychological health and wellbeing,
• identify and implement control measures,
• maintain and review the suitability of existing control measures, and
• engage in effective consultation with your workforce.

Register now and gain the skills required to minimise your liability when it comes to psychosocial hazards in the workplace.

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Schedule 

8:45am - Virtual waiting room opens
9:00 am - Training commences
1:00 pm - Training concludes

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About the trainer

Kate Thomson
Associate Director
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA)

Kate is a specialist employment and industrial relations lawyer skilled in providing targeted, timely and relevant advice to clients managing workforces from small to large. She is also experienced in work health and safety matters including investigations and prosecutions.

Where conflict cannot be resolved at the workplace level, Kate is experienced in representing employers in relation to unfair dismissal claims, general protections claims and notifications of dispute in the relevant tribunal.

Kate is able to provide advice and assistance to clients at all stages of the employment life cycle, from recruitment, to employment contracts, performance management, workplace investigations, disciplinary processes and termination of employment.

Based in the firm’s Newcastle office, Kate’s clients have included government entities, Councils, listed companies and small to medium enterprises. They represent a broad range of industry sectors including mining and resources, finance, utilities, education, manufacturing and civil construction. She is a regular author and presenter on a range of employment and work health and safety related topics.

Kate is a long-standing member of the Newcastle Law Society management committee, as well as an involved member of the Industrial Relations Society of NSW (Newcastle Branch). She is also proud to support the University of Newcastle Legal Centre and helps to foster the next generation of young legal talent by supervising placement students from the University.  

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FAQs

What is included in the price?

Course training booklet will be sent via post. Please provide the address when booking, and please provide your home address if working from home and would like it sent there. No soft copies of the materials will be provided.

Who can attend?

This course is open to all organisations excluding other legal service providers and consultants.

Suited for: Senior HR executives, HR Managers, Business Owners, People and Culture Managers, Directors, HR Business partners and anyone responsible for managing employees.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Contact Catriona Johnston on 02 9466 4340 or catriona.johnston@ablawyers.com.au

What's the refund policy?

Participants will receive a full refund if they cancel at least seven (7) business days prior to the scheduled event. However, if participants cancel less than seven (7) business days before the event, no refund will be made. The place can be transfered to another member of the paid organisation. No-shows or cancellations after 7 days will receive the course training material and supporting documents. If there are insufficient participants, we reserve the right to cancel the event and participants will be transferred to another module of equal value or receive a full refund at their election. We will give three business days’ notice of any such cancellation.

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