A national multidisciplinary study has found that many small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) decision-makers remain unaware of their legal obligations to manage psychosocial hazards, posing serious risks to worker wellbeing and compliance with work health and safety laws. The research led by Centre members, Rebecca Langdon and Carol Hon, together with Nektarios Karanikas from the School of Public Health and Social Work surveyed 288 SME decision-makers across Australia to understand awareness and practices around psychosocial risk management.
This work was funded by CDWI and also QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research.
See the media release here and read the team’s key findings in the full report Psychosocial hazard management in SMEs online.