WEBINAR SERIES
Psychosocial safety webinar series
- Three 30 minute sessions
- Sep to Nov 2026
- Online
Effectively managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace is more important than ever before. Across three practical sessions, our workplace legal, safety and HR practitioners will show you how to identify psychosocial hazards, manage them through change, and respond effectively when a psychological injury claim lands.
Manage psychosocial risks in the workplace
Register for one 30-minute session, or all three.
Understanding and managing psychosocial hazards
This session is designed for those building or pressure-testing psychosocial risk frameworks.
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Wednesday 23 September 2026
12:00pm – 12:30pm (AEST)
Managing psychosocial risk during change, restructures and redundancies
This session is designed for those going through a restructure, redundancy round or with other workplace change on the horizon.
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Thursday 15 October 2026
12:00pm – 12:30pm (AEDT)
Workers' compensation claims for psychological injuries
This session is designed for those who are managing, or about to manage, a psychological injury claim.
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Wednesday 18 November 2026
12:00pm – 12:30pm (AEDT)
Psychosocial safety is now an enforceable safety duty, not an HR nicety.
Psychosocial hazards are firmly on the workplace health and safety agenda, and regulators expect businesses to proactively identify and manage risks to workers’ psychological health.
Across three sessions, our workplace safety, employment law and HR practitioners share practical guidance for HR leaders, in-house counsel and business decision-makers: how to build a risk management framework that holds up, how to protect people through organisational change, and what to do from the first notification of a psychological injury claim.
12%
of all serious workers’ compensation claims are psychosocial. That’s up 14.7% YoY and 161% over the past decade, making it the fastest growing category.
Session details
Read more about what will be covered in each session, our expert presenters and the key learning outcomes.
This session is designed for those building or pressure-testing psychosocial risk frameworks.
The first session gives you an overview of the psychosocial risk management process and what effective risk management looks like in practice. We explore why relying on workplace policies and Employee Assistance Programs alone may not be enough to meet your work health and safety obligations.
By the end of this session you will understand:
- how to identify psychosocial hazards and how they arise in the workplace.
- how to assess the risks they create.
- how to select and implement controls that eliminate or minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
- how to meet your consultation obligations throughout the risk management process.
- the organisational, legal and people impacts of failing to manage psychosocial risk effectively.
- how to build a practical framework that supports ongoing psychosocial risk management.
Key speakers
Claire Kosack
Senior Legal Counsel, Workplace
Niki Scott
Senior Legal Counsel, Workplace
This session is designed for those going through a restructure, redundancy round or other change on the horizon.
Restructuring your workforce? Your legal risk does not end with the business case. This session unpacks what poor organisational change management looks like, the psychosocial hazards commonly associated with workplace change, and how to embed psychosocial risk management into the HR frameworks and decision-making processes you already have.
By the end of this session you will understand:
- the psychosocial risks commonly associated with workplace change, restructures and redundancies.
- how to recognise the warning signs of poor organisational change management.
- how to identify, assess and control the psychosocial risks of change management.
- how to embed psychosocial risk management into your HR processes.
Key speakers
Riley Anastasio
Senior Legal Counsel, Workplace
Penelope Bowling
Senior HR Consultant
This session is designed for those who are managing, or about to manage, a psychological injury claim.
Psychological injury claims are a growing focus for employers across Australia. They are complex to manage, and they ask you to balance legal obligations, employee wellbeing and business continuity, usually under time pressure and with limited guidance. In the final session we walk through responding to a claim from the earliest stages through to return-to-work planning and resolution.
By the end of this session you will understand:
- your obligations from the first notification of a psychological injury claim.
- how to manage key stakeholder interactions across the claim lifecycle.
- practical strategies for early intervention and risk reduction.
- the common pitfalls that lead to disputes, delays or increased liability.
Key speakers
Ashleigh Discipio
Managing Legal Counsel, Workplace
Amelia Quinlan
Legal Counsel, Workplace
Get the free psychosocial assessment
Regulators don’t need to wait for someone to be harmed. Inspectors can spot and act on failures in your safety systems long before an accident happens. Training can help, but it doesn’t fix poor work design. Know the difference before a regulator points it out for you.
This assessment shows you, in about 5 minutes, where you are strong, where you are exposed, and what to do next.
