A new free digital platform has been launched to help workplaces identify and manage work-related psychology hazards and factors.
Launched by Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA), the digital platform, People at Work, is dedicated to mentally healthy workplaces and is a joint initiative of Safe Work Australia, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, SafeWork NSW, WorkSafe Victoria, Comcare, SafeWork SA, NT WorkSafe, WorkSafe ACT, WorkSafe WA, WorkSafe Tasmania, and the WorkCover Tasmania Board.
HWSA is made up of representatives from work health and safety regulators across Australia and New Zealand.
Chair of HWSA, Martyn Campbell said workplaces had a duty to protect the psychological health of workers in the same way they protected their physical safety.
“The People at Work digital platform lays out an easy to follow five-step process with resources, interactive learning modules, a self-administered survey, and automated custom reports that businesses can access, all for free,” Mr Campbell said.
“People at Work helps organisations identify, assess and control risks to psychological health and safety,” he said.
“Previously a paper-based survey, with onerous and time-consuming manual data entry sheets, People at Work is now accessible through a much more user-friendly digital platform.”
Mr Campbell said the new platform enabled organisations to self-administer the People at Work survey to their workers; add custom demographics like workgroups and roles; and receive automated reporting with key breakdowns to identify high risk areas with recommended control measures, benchmarking, and guidance.
He said the Platform was free for Australian workplaces and didn’t require an expert to interpret the psychosocial risk assessment results.
“People at Work supports Australian organisations to meet their legislative work health and safety responsibility to identify and manage psychosocial risks in the workplace,” he said.
Mr Campbell said the Platform provided organisations with their results in two reporting formats, a high-level summary, and a more detailed report that also provided suggestions for improvements.
The People at Work Platform, including the 14-page survey, can be accessed at this PS News link.
