Work Health and Safety (Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work) Code of Practice 2024
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Factors that may put some workers at higher risk
Like for physical hazards, some workers may be at greater risk from psychosocial hazards due to their lived experience or their confidence or experience participating in health and safety or other organisational processes. This means there is a greater likelihood or severity of harm for these workers. For example, workers with:
\- limited experience in the workplace (e.g. young workers)
\- barriers to understanding safety information (e.g. literacy or language)
\- perceived barriers to raising safety issues (e.g. power imbalance or stigma)
\- previous exposure to a hazard
\- culturally and linguistically diverse workers, or
insecure or precarious forms of employment.
For example, inexperienced workers may not identify harmful behaviours or have the confidence to report them. You could address this by providing more detailed induction training and greater support and supervision until they gain experience and understand these hazards.
Consulting your workers will assist you to identify any groups who are at greater risk, and whether there are additional reasonably practicable controls you must implement to eliminate or minimise the risks for these workers.