An Australian-validated psychosocial risk assessment tool, People at Work, is up and running on a new free, digital platform thanks to work health and safety (WHS) regulators and leading researchers.
Previously a paper-based survey, with onerous and time-consuming manual data entry sheets, People at Work is now accessible through a much more user-friendly digital platform.
Put simply, People at Work is free for Australian businesses and workplaces to help them identify and manage work-related psychosocial hazards and factors. It’s simple to read and use and doesn’t require experts to interpret the psychosocial risk assessment results.
A jointly funded initiative led by Australian WHS regulators, People at Work supports Australian organisations to meet their legislative work health and safety responsibility to identify and manage psychosocial risks in the workplace.
The newly released digital platform enables organisations to:
The People at Work digital platform provides organisations with their results in two reporting formats, a high-level summary, and a more detailed report that also provides suggestions for improvements in the workplace.
As a funding partner to the tool, SafeWork SA is available to provide support to South Australian businesses who wish to run the survey within their organisations. The SafeWork SA Advisory Service team can be contacted via the website or on 1300 365 255.
