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Employers breached psychosocial obligations with new systems and high workloads
A regulator has found two employers failed in their duty to minimise or eliminate workplace psychosocial risks, after one introduced a new performance management system without proper consultation, and the other placed excessive and ongoing work demands on its staff.
The unnamed Australian Public Service (APS) agencies' breaches were identified in two of four case studies released by Comcare as part of its regulatory activities.
The case studies aim to help duty holders comply with their psychosocial risk obligations, which explicitly require organisations to identify and control psychosocial hazards through risk management processes...
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