Positive duty on psychosocial hazards

Last year, the Federal Government passed legislation to impose a positive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment. Additionally Safe Work Australia published a model Code for Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work and State and Territory Governments around the country are at various stages of introducing legislative change to impose a positive duty on PCBUs (Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking) to eliminate or control psychosocial hazards.This is on top of the positive duty that already applies in Victoria for the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination and victimisation. This is a whole new regime of compliance that all business owners and employers need to address.