If you have landed here after completing the Focus Group Program – Congratulations on taking a proactive approach when it comes to meeting your obligations to create a safe workplace and system of work.
The next step for you is to engage in ongoing consultation, monitoring, and review. Our quarterly Safety Circle Program is the solution! At a high level, Safety Circles continue your positive duty and demonstrates leadership and management commitment to psychosocial safety and that you are taking proactive measures to meet your consultation obligations.
Why do we need this?
One of the most significant changes in workplace legislation in recent times is the introduction of a positive or proactive duty. What this essentially means is that Employers have an obligation to proactively identify, measure and control hazards as far as reasonably practicable rather than reacting to incidents, grievances or complaints.
In addition, workplaces are required to educate workers by providing information, instruction, and training on how to recognise and manage hazards and to consult with workers and their representatives on matters relating to psychosocial hazards and how they are managed. It is also important to note that specific requirements vary depending on the nature of the work and the psychosocial hazards present, and that these regulations and standards are constantly evolving.
