Webinar - 22 July, 2025
Webinar: Mental Health - a Risk Management Approach
Mental health issues not only impact the individual, but also their workplace, particularly where there is a claim that the mental health is a workplace injury. With a tripling of mental health compensation claims in the last 20 years, the challenge is for employers to take a proactive and risk-based approach to minimising psychosocial hazards. It can be difficult to know where to start. This session will examine the key issues, including:
- An analysis of the duty of care of employers and Codes of Practice
- The regulator’s guidelines on mental health management in the workplace
- The treatment of mental health at the recruitment stage - what can employers ask?
- Establishing and implementing policies, procedures and training
- Disability discrimination and the treatment of employees with a mental health condition
- How are 'reasonable adjustments' assessed in the mental health space?
- Strategies for identifying and managing some of the perceived mental health triggers such as working hours, bullying, changed work conditions and rosters, public abuse, financial and personal stress.