Australia
Officer Due Diligence: Psychosocial Hazards & WHS Governance
Verify the resources, processes and work-design controls behind psychosocial safety, rather than relying on training completion or low complaint numbers.
Officer Due Diligence: Psychosocial Hazards & WHS Governance
Verify the resources, processes and work-design controls behind psychosocial safety, rather than relying on training completion or low complaint numbers.
For
Boards, executives, General Counsel and Company Secretaries
Learning outcomes
- Distinguish officer due diligence from day-to-day operational risk ownership
- Interrogate leading and lagging indicators and evidence that controls work
- Translate regulator findings into accountable board assurance actions
Delivery options
- 30-minute executive briefing and governance self-audit
- 90-minute boardroom roundtable and verified case-law review
- Half-day, 3.5-hour board strategy or Risk Committee workshop
Educational draft for review, not legal advice, accreditation or proof of compliance. Confirm current Commonwealth, state or territory law and relevant industrial instruments. Training supports, but does not replace, effective risk controls. Suggested learning durations and refresh reviews are programme recommendations, not universal statutory requirements.
Outline
1. Governance and verification
- Distinguish officer due diligence from day-to-day operational risk ownershiptext
- Interrogate leading and lagging indicators and evidence that controls worktext
- Translate regulator findings into accountable board assurance actionstext
2. Scenario lab and practical tools
- Decision scenario: choose a safer responsetext
- Workplace toolkit and action commitmenttext
3. Knowledge check
- Apply the learning: four-question assessmentquiz