Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)
Sets the primary duty of care, with health defined to include psychological health.
Tasmania · Employer guide
Psychosocial hazards in the workplace Tasmania
Safer work starts with your people.
What Tasmania law requires — and how to protect your people.
Understand your obligations
What are the rules in Tasmania?
Quick answer
In Tasmania, psychosocial hazards in the workplace are managed under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) and the WHS Regulations 2022 (Tas), which commenced on 12 December 2022 with explicit psychosocial risk duties. WorkSafe Tasmania's Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice took effect on 4 January 2023. Tasmania follows the national framework of 14 common hazards.
The legal framework
The laws that apply in TAS
Key milestones
How we got here
12 Dec 2022
WHS Regulations 2022 (Tas) commence with psychosocial risk duties.
4 Jan 2023
Psychosocial hazards Code of Practice takes effect.
Ongoing
WorkSafe Tasmania supports employers with guidance and advisory services.
Official WorkSafe resource
Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice (Tas)
WorkSafe Tasmania's approved code explains how to identify psychosocial hazards, assess and control the risks, and review controls. Read it alongside the WHS Act 2012 (Tas) and the WHS Regulations 2022 (Tas).
Turn the guidance into a practical psychosocial risk assessment, record actions in your risk register and review your risk controls with workers.
Recognise the risk
Common psychosocial hazards in Tasmania workplaces
Hazards rarely appear alone — they stack, and the combined effect drives harm.
Local context matters
What's different in TAS?
Quiet is not soft
WorkSafe Tasmania takes an education-led approach, but the legal duty is the same as in other model WHS jurisdictions.
Remote and regional work
Dispersed sites and smaller teams can make remote or isolated work and poor support important risks to check.
Use the sample register
The Tasmanian code includes a sample risk register, a useful starting point for recording hazards and controls.
People, not paperwork
How Tasmania employers can manage psychosocial risk
Flourish360 helps people become better humans at work — and gives you the evidence trail to show your risk management in action.
Consult with your people at every stage.
A simple, engaging approach to psychosocial risk management.
Jurisdictions
How many psychosocial hazards are there in Australia?
It depends on which WHS laws cover your workplace: 14 under the national model, 16 in Victoria and 17 for Commonwealth workplaces under Comcare. None of the lists is exhaustive — they're a starting point.
14
Model WHS laws
Safe Work Australia's model Code of Practice names 14 common psychosocial hazards — the baseline most states and territories work from.
16
Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria's Psychological health compliance code gives 16 examples of psychosocial hazards under Victoria's own OHS laws.
17
Commonwealth (Comcare)
Commonwealth workplaces under Comcare work with 17, adding fatigue, job insecurity and intrusive surveillance such as digital tracking.
Sources: Safe Work Australia's model Code of Practice, WorkSafe Victoria's Psychological Health Compliance Code and Comcare's psychosocial hazards guidance. See the full hazard list
Your questions, answered
FAQs: psychosocial hazards in Tasmania
When did Tasmania's psychosocial regulations start?
The WHS Regulations 2022 (Tas) commenced on 12 December 2022, and the Code of Practice took effect on 4 January 2023.
How many psychosocial hazards apply in Tasmania?
Tasmania follows the national model framework of 14 common psychosocial hazards.
Who regulates psychosocial hazards in Tasmania?
WorkSafe Tasmania regulates workplace health and safety in Tasmania, including psychosocial risks.
Source: WorkSafe Tasmania. General information only, not legal advice.
Better humans. Safer workplaces.