The Mindful Risk Community Reader Contractors play an essential role in almost every industry. From construction and maintenance to cleaning and specialist technical work, businesses increasingly rely on contractors to provide skills and services that may not exist within their own workforce. But engaging a contractor does not mean handing over your responsibility for workplace health and safety. Under Australian WHS legislation, businesses cannot simply “contract out” of their WHS...
20 days ago • 2 min read
The Mindful Risk Community Reader Risk Descriptions that sit alongside each Risk Category in your register, explain how a risk category is being impacted in your business. Your Risk Register will list Risk Categories, with some common inclusions being Financial risk, People risk, ESG risk, Cyber and AI risk and Supplier & supply chain risk, just to name a few. The Risk Description that accompanies each of these risk categories, describes how that risk is impacting your business. These risk...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The Mindful Risk Community Reader Risk Descriptions that sit alongside each Risk Category in your register, explain how a risk category is being impacted in your business. Your Risk Register will list Risk Categories, with some common inclusions being Financial risk, People risk, ESG risk, Cyber and AI risk and Supplier & supply chain risk, just to name a few. The Risk Description that accompanies each of these risk categories, describes how that risk is impacting your business. These risk...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The Mindful Risk Community Reader We recently wrote about how safety regulators across Australia have placed psychological safety and mental health in the workplace firmly on their list of priorities. More recently in NSW, the regulator for Workers Compensation, SIRA, has announced some changes that will strengthen the process for the management of psychological injury claims. It is well reported that psych injury claims are increasing rapidly across all industries, and that the cost and lost...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Australian workplaces have come a long way in their approach to and management of psychological safety and mental health in the workplace. However there is still a long way to go. When it comes to psychological injuries and claims in workplaces, we know that incident notifications & claims are increasing and that: · Workplace bullying and harassment claims now make up a large portion of psychological injury claims · Across Australia psychological injury claims are rising at approx. 10% a year...
3 months ago • 1 min read
The Australian business landscape is shifting rapidly. Corporate leaders must look beyond traditional operational threats to secure their future. Recent findings from the Allianz Risk Barometer reveal that AI has surged to become the number one cited corporate risk in Australia, overtaking traditional operational threats as technology, climate, and compliance drive a new wave of market volatility. To survive and thrive, organisations must move from reactive management to proactive resilience....
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Australian business landscape is shifting rapidly. Corporate leaders must look beyond traditional operational threats to secure their future. Recent findings from the Allianz Risk Barometer reveal that AI has surged to become the number one cited corporate risk in Australia, overtaking traditional operational threats as technology, climate, and compliance drive a new wave of market volatility. To survive and thrive, organisations must move from reactive management to proactive resilience....
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Mindful Risk Community Reader In a significant development from a recent court case, two customers have been ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in compensation and penalties for sexually harassing a worker. The Federal Circuit and Family Court decision confirms that customers and other patrons may be held liable for harassing workers. In a decision published this month, the judge found a male worker at a self-storage facility was sexually harassed by two men: a major customer of...
4 months ago • 1 min read
The Mindful Risk Community Reader Occupational violence incidents are on the rise and many industries including healthcare, council workers, hospitality, community services, call centre staff, and other service workers are impacted by this on a daily basis. Occupational violence is any incident where a person is abused, threatened, or assaulted while at work causing physical or psychological harm. It includes actions by clients, customers, the public, or co-workers. It is also identified as a...
5 months ago • 2 min read