Psych Health and Safety Podcast

Lawyers and others working in the law industry have traditionally been exposed to high job demands as part of their roles. Recently these psychosocial risk factors have been linked to increased burnout and early departure from the profession. This live panel will discuss the current psychosocial working conditions in law, the effects on worker wellbeing, and what needs to change in order to protect psychological health and improve retention.

In this episode we chat with Professor Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at UniSA. She describes her research into the organisational factors that enable and reinforce bullying behaviour. She describes systems-level approaches that organisations can take to address bullying as an organisational issue rather than an individual one. She discusses how employers can respond when bullying is occurring in their organisation, and shares examples of strategies supervisors can implement to prevent bullying in their teams.

In this episode we chat with Hayley Farrell, Wellbeing Business Partner Lead for Emcor UK. Hayley shares her experience of the process of adopting ISO 45003 in a large company. She discusses the importance of including psychological health and safety as a strategic objective underpinning successful implementation, and describes how different functions across the organisation are able to collaborate and integrate when required. She shares tips for organisations in the early stages of implementation, including examples of what genuine leadership support looks like.