Great piece Colin. From what I can see down here, Australia is leading the way in legislation for psychological/mental health at work. It’s more common to hear and see employers managing their psychosocial hazards. Case law is also coming through now, there was a great win in Queensland for a public service worker who suffered terribly from job overload. In Nz, not so much progress. No case law that I know of. A lot of posturing and chitchat about psychological safety and team culture but little action. A heck of a lot of consultants and trainers in this space though... achieving results? I don’t think so.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle. I agree, there's a lot of heat but not much illumination. It's good to see legislators recognising the harms, although I am not convinced the legislative approach they are using is right and I'm concerned about unintended consequences. Antony Malmo is good on this.
Great piece Colin. From what I can see down here, Australia is leading the way in legislation for psychological/mental health at work. It’s more common to hear and see employers managing their psychosocial hazards. Case law is also coming through now, there was a great win in Queensland for a public service worker who suffered terribly from job overload. In Nz, not so much progress. No case law that I know of. A lot of posturing and chitchat about psychological safety and team culture but little action. A heck of a lot of consultants and trainers in this space though... achieving results? I don’t think so.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle. I agree, there's a lot of heat but not much illumination. It's good to see legislators recognising the harms, although I am not convinced the legislative approach they are using is right and I'm concerned about unintended consequences. Antony Malmo is good on this.