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The Regulations commenced on 1 December 2025.

 

Frequently asked questions –

What are the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations?
These are regulations that focus on managing risk from psychosocial hazards and create specific obligations for Victorian employers to identify and control psychosocial hazards and risks in their workplaces.
What will the Regulations do?
The Regulations seek to strengthen the existing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) framework in Victoria by:
  • promoting the importance of psychological health and safety in the working environment
  • ensuring employers eliminate or reduce risks to health and safety associated with psychosocial hazards so far as is reasonably practicable
  • providing more clarity for employers about their obligations as they relate to psychological health and safety
  • increasing awareness about psychosocial hazards and ways to eliminate or reduce risks associated with those hazards.

How will the Regulations do this?
The Regulations will achieve its objective by prescribing a tailored risk management process requiring all employers to:

  • identify psychosocial hazards;
  • control the risks associated with a psychosocial hazard by either eliminating or reducing those risks, so far as is reasonably practicable; and
  • review and revise risk controls in prescribed circumstances.

More resources:

About the Regulations

New psychosocial regulations released: effective 1 December 2025 | Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 | legislation.vic.gov.au

Compliance code: Psychological health | WorkSafe Victoria

 

Resources

Psychological health | WorkSafe Victoria

Psychosocial hazards in the workplace | WorkSafe Victoria

Prevention plans for psychosocial hazards | WorkSafe Victoria

Psychological health regulations – Frequently asked questions | WorkSafe Victoria

Psychosocial Health Hub | Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

Contacts

Psychosocial Hazard and Risk Awareness Training | Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Contact WorkSafe | WorkSafe Victoria

Member Directory | Commerce Ballarat | Empowering Local Business Growth– find a lawyer, HR practitioner or safety specialist

 

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