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Psychosocial risk checklist.

Employers must now identify, assess, control and review psychosocial hazards, just like physical ones. Check where your business stands against the eight key requirements in a few minutes.

The eight key requirements

For each requirement, choose the answer that best describes your business today.

1Policy and educationImplement a psychosocial risk management policy, and educate all managers and employees on hazard identification and control.
2Annual anonymous survey and consultationRun an annual anonymous survey to identify performance on psychosocial hazards, and develop and implement strategies in consultation with all employees.
3Observing work and behavioursObserve work and behaviours, and identify psychosocial hazards as they arise.
4Reviewing data and recordsReview business data and records to help identify potential psychosocial hazards.
5Employee Assistance ProgrammeImplement and promote an Employee Assistance Programme.
6Current position descriptionsMake sure every employee and manager has a current, agreed Position Description for their role.
7Training and support for every roleMake sure all employees and managers are trained and supported for their role.
8Performance coachingMake sure there is performance coaching for all managers and employees.

Which hazards might be present? (optional)

Tick any of Safe Work Australia's 14 psychosocial hazards that could apply to your workplace. They'll be listed in your report as areas to assess.

This checklist is general guidance based on HR Coach's 2023 paper and Safe Work Australia's Code of Practice. It is not legal advice. Check the current requirements with your state or territory WHS regulator.

What the law requires

Employers have a legal responsibility to protect their workers by managing hazards and risks in the workplace. This responsibility has now been specifically expanded to include psychosocial risks, as a result of new national and state/territory legislation and regulation in 2022/2023.

  1. Identify any psychosocial hazards and risks.
  2. Assess all identified hazards and risks to consider their impact on workers.
  3. Control risks by eliminating and minimising them as much as possible.
  4. Review any control measures implemented, to ensure they are effective.

This checklist turns those duties into eight practical requirements, from HR Coach's paper Psychosocial risk: a proactive approach, which also covers what each of the 14 hazards looks like in practice.

One of the requirements is an annual anonymous survey to identify where your greatest risks are. A STAR Workplace assessment measures psychosocial risk alongside engagement and alignment. See how STAR measures it or get an instant quote.

Know where your psychosocial risks are.

An anonymous STAR assessment gives you the evidence to identify, assess, control and review, benchmarked against Australasian businesses.

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