Workplaces across Australia (including the APS) often use redundancies or job cuts as a short-term response to budgetary pressures. Reducing the workforce without proper planning can create significant work health and safety risks, particularly psychosocial. These risks must be identified, assessed and controlled in accordance with WHS legislation.

Members have access to two Know Your WHS Rights Fact Sheets:

• Redundancies
• Managing Risks Associated with Redundancies and Staffing Reductions.

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CPSU members also have access to a range of supporting materials and guidance to assist in representing members’ concerns. If you are a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) and would like expert advice and assistance regarding psychosocial hazards and risk mitigation, you are entitled to seek the assistance of any person, including the CPSU.

Visit the SafetyFirst Network for HSR guidance on applying hierarchy of control measures to psychosocial hazards.

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KNOW YOUR WHS RIGHTS

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