Psychosocial safety: Fix the job, not just the policy

In this live-streamed session, produced in partnership with Dynamic Leadership Programs Australia (DLPA), we will explore why psychosocial safety requires more than policies and surveys, and how organisations can redesign jobs, clarify demands and introduce practical controls to reduce risk.

Efforts to meet psychosocial safety obligations are generating more surveys, policies and referrals, but the underlying hazards may lie in how jobs are designed.

For organisations, the challenge is moving beyond documented controls to changes that reduce unreasonable demands, clarify priorities and give people greater control over how work is allocated. That means examining who sets deadlines, allocates work and decides what gets dropped, and giving line managers the skills to recognise and address those risks.

In this session, we will explore why psychosocial risk is often treated as an HR issue, what effective controls look like in practice and what organisations need to demonstrate when regulators ask what has changed.

Join us to explore:

• How job design can create psychosocial hazards and why policies alone cannot address them.
• Why surveys, policy updates and employee assistance program (EAP) referrals remain the default response.
• Who should be accountable for managing psychosocial risk when control sits with line managers.
• The connection between psychosocial safety, performance, priorities and workload.
• What executives should ask for beyond policies and documentation.
• What effective, demonstrable controls look like when a regulator asks, “What did you actually change?”

Who should attend?

Human resources professionals and teams, employers, C-suite executives and line managers across Australia.

Why should you attend?

This free, live-streamed event is designed for Australian employers, executives, HR professionals and line managers seeking to better understand how to manage psychosocial risks through effective job design.

Attendees will gain practical insights into moving beyond policies, surveys and referrals to controls that address workload, demands, priorities and accountability. The session will also explore the role of line managers, what executives should ask for and what organisations need to demonstrate when regulators seek evidence of change.

Register now to attend this free live-stream.