Getting ahead of harm — Part 1: What the latest national data tells us about psychosocial harm at work
Two national datasets — one showing where workplace mental harm has already happened and the other indicating where it's heading — agree it's high, not improving and preventable only if employers measure the risk and act before it becomes a claim.
A SuperFriend and Safe Work Australia (SWA) webinar brought together 2 national datasets that rarely appear side by side: the National Dataset for Compensation-based Statistics and the Indicators of a Thriving Workplace (ITW), SuperFriend's annual workforce mental health survey. Dr Dianne Sheppard, SuperFriend's Research Program Manager, facilitated a conversation with Dianah Brown, Acting Director of Psychosocial Policy at SWA, and Melanie Jeff...
Published 27 October, 2026