Psychosocial risk assessment
Find the hazards, assess the risks and check your controls.
What the law asks
Under work health and safety (WHS) laws, employers must manage psychosocial risks like any other safety risk. The law calls the employer a PCBU. There are four steps:
- Identify the hazards
- Assess the risks
- Control the risks
- Review the controls
How we help
- We find hazards through talks with staff, a survey and your records.
- We rate each risk.
- We check the controls you have now.
- We suggest new controls where there are gaps.
Who checks on you
Comcare covers Commonwealth agencies. States and territories have their own safety regulator.
Risk assessment or culture review?
A risk assessment is a safety tool. It looks at hazards and controls. A culture review is wider. It looks at leaders, behaviour and how people feel at work. You can use both.