Psychosocial Hazards at Work: Victoria’s New Employer Duties Explained

WorkSafe Victoria’s new Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 are now in effect, and they create specific duties for employers to identify psychosocial hazards, control the risks (eliminate or reduce so far as reasonably practicable), and review/revise controls in certain circumstances.

In this practical 90-minute webinar hosted in zoom, you’ll get a clear, plain-English walkthrough of what’s changed, what “good” looks like in practice, and how to start documenting your approach in a way that stands up to scrutiny.

What we’ll cover (90 minutes):

• The basics: what psychosocial hazards are (and what they’re not) and what the Regulations require

• Employer obligations: the risk management steps—identify, assess (where needed), control, and review/revise

• Hazard categories (with real workplace examples): including aggression/violence, bullying, exposure to traumatic events or content, gendered violence, high job demands, low job control, low recognition & reward, low role clarity, poor organisational change management/justice/support, poor workplace relationships, remote/isolated work, sexual harassment (and more)

• Controls that go beyond “just training”: how the Regulations frame risk controls, and how to choose controls that are actually effective

• The role of documentation: including a straightforward way to record hazards, decisions, controls, and review triggers (so you can demonstrate due diligence)

Who this is for: business owners, HR, people leaders, HSRs, and anyone responsible for safety, wellbeing, or compliance in Victorian workplaces.

You’ll leave with: a clear understanding of the obligations, a starting point for identifying hazards in your context, and a simple structure you can use to document controls and reviews.

This webinar is not legal advice.