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Information on understanding visions and values, measures, and further resources. 

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

Animations on the following five areas: supporting workers, building positive workplace culture and leadership, supporting employers, supporting other stakeholders, and building and translating evidence.

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

Information and data about workplace inclusion in Australia.

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

Information on the benefits, how to and tips for writing a visions, mission and values statements. 

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

Outlines the 5 key areas to create a diversity and inclusion action plan.

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

Guidance to create inclusive and diverse workplaces.

Workplace Leadership
Values and vision

WHS fundamentals for businesses.

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Toolkit resources including templates and plans.

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Toolkit templates and resources for businesses.    

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Information in what to include in a mental health policy, anti-bullying policy, anti-discrimination and harassment policy, flexible work policy and return to work program.

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Suite of policy templates for workplaces.

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Suite of templates for workplace strategic planning and management.

Workplace Leadership
Policies, strategies and plans

Information about the types of employee commitment and their influences.

Workplace Leadership
Commitment and application

Information about the importance of role modelling in the workplace.

Workplace Leadership
Commitment and application

Information on workplace consultation obligations.

Workplace Leadership
Commitment and application

Information on the benefits of consultation, employer responsibilities, worker responsibilities and activities with other duty holders.

Workplace Leadership
Commitment and application

Information on working at best practice, consultation and cooperation in the workplace, legal requirement to consult, using best practice to support consultation and cooperation in the workplace, a best practice checklist and further links and resources.

Workplace Leadership
Commitment and application

Templates, tools and resources to help plan and conduct an evaluation.

Workplace Leadership
Evaluation and accountability

Evaluation factsheet looking at success factors and how to gather data. 

Workplace Leadership
Evaluation and accountability

Information sheet about program evaluation guidelines.

Workplace Leadership
Evaluation and accountability

Article about how to encourage employee accountability.

Workplace Leadership
Evaluation and accountability

Article on the importance of accountability, examples and a step-by-step guide to achieving it. 

Workplace Leadership
Evaluation and accountability

Information about good work design, including the principles and how to imbed good work design into your workplace.

Work Design
Work Design

A handbook that provides guidance on good work design. It includes 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry

Work Design
Work Design

Outlines five key themes to consider when creating or developing work. 

Work Design
Work Design

Details what good work design is and provides examples of good and unsafe work design.

Work Design
Work Design

Details the benefits of safe and healthy work and how to create it. 

Work Design
Work Design

Find out the role you play and your responsibilities under work health and safety, and workers’ compensation laws.

Work Design
Roles and responsibilities

Summary of duties for workers and other persons.

Work Design
Roles and responsibilities

Summary of health and safety duties. 

Work Design
Roles and responsibilities

How to identify and control lack of role clarity. 

Work Design
Roles and responsibilities

Word document template of a job description. 

Work Design
Roles and responsibilities

Details what job demands are, the impact and risk factors, and how to manage and control. 

Work Design
Workload and job demands

A work demands checklist for employers, managers and workers. 

Work Design
Workload and job demands

Details how to identify and control high and low job demands. 

Work Design
Workload and job demands

Practical guidance for employers, managers workers around work demands. 

Work Design
Workload and job demands

How to address work demands.

Work Design
Workload and job demands

Work Health and Safety duties around providing personal protective equipment (PPE). 

Work Design
Resources

Details what a worker is, and their rights and responsibilities. 

Work Design
Resources

Details business and employer responsibilities and where to start to ensure your providing a healthy and safe workplace.

Work Design
Resources

Describes when an employer is responsible for equipment, tools and other assets, and when a worker is. 

Work Design
Resources

Discusses possible problems with PPE and duties around maintaining PPE.

Work Design
Resources

Practical and evidence-informed strategic support, workplace training and resources.

Work Design
Systems, processes and procedures

Employer Toolkit to help employers create workplace conditions which foster the health and wellbeing for all workers in an inclusive manner.

Work Design
Systems, processes and procedures

A handbook that provides guidance on good work design. It includes 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry. 

Work Design
Systems, processes and procedures

Outlines five key themes to consider when creating or developing work. 

Work Design
Systems, processes and procedures

Information about good work design, including the principles and how to imbed good work design into your workplace.

Work Design
Systems, processes and procedures

The Code of Practice and the WHS Regulation Amendments set out clear duties for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) when managing psychosocial hazards at work.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

A list of current Codes of practice in the ACT to assist workplaces to manage workplace hazards.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Details common psychosocial hazards, how they cause harm and how to manage them.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Identifies 14 psychosocial hazards and provides information on what they are, the risks they pose and how to eliminate or minimise them in your workplace.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Details how to manage psychosocial hazards in your workplace

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Details types of physical hazards, types of work and industries, and provides suggested training.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Details how you to manage hazards, and keep yourself and your workers safe from harm.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Details how the risk management process applies to all hazards and risks, and can be used for physical hazards and psychosocial hazards alike.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Tool for identifying hazards and risks in your office.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Simple checklists, registers, plans and report templates.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

Resources on how to identify, assess and control hazards.

Work Environment
Physical and psychological hazards

A tool to help you identify health and safety risks in your home or office space.

Work Environment
Workspace

Guidance on how to safely work from home including a checklist and further resources. 

Work Environment
Workspace

Information to assist workers understand the risks of working outside and the duties of their employer. 

Work Environment
Workspace

This model Code of Practice provides guidance on how to provide and maintain a physical work environment that is without risks to health and safety.

Work Environment
Workspace

This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals. 

Work Environment
Workspace

This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing risks of plant in the workplace.

Work Environment
Plant, equipment and materials

This guide provides information on designing, redesigning or modifying plant to be used in a workplace.

Work Environment
Plant, equipment and materials

Information on what your duties as a PCBU are when providing PPE for your workers.

Work Environment
Plant, equipment and materials

Information on registering plant in the ACT.

Work Environment
Plant, equipment and materials

Information on identifying health and safety risk in storage and equipment areas. 

Work Environment
Plant, equipment and materials

Information on what workers can do and what employers can do to minimise and control hazards. 

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

This template is for organisations to write an emergency plan.

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

This factsheet provides information on preparing and maintaining general emergency plans.

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

Driver Safety Maturity Model (DSMM) that supports identification of WHS controls to manage work-related driving.

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

This risk management framework is for individuals and organisations and includes processes for managing risk in line with relevant legislation and contemporary road safety principles.

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

This guide provides information on creating an accessible workplace in relation to: the physical workplace, workplace attitudes, workplace technology and reasonable adjustments.

Work Environment
Vehicles, buildings and structures

Rights and responsibilities of hiring a new employee. 

Workforce Capability
Recruitment

User-friendly step-by-step guide on recruitment. 

Workforce Capability
Recruitment

Information and resources about employment conditions in Australia. 

Workforce Capability
Recruitment

Step-by-step guides on employee onboarding, inductions and inductions for existing staff. 

Workforce Capability
Recruitment

Word document checklist to help you in inducting your new employee.

Workforce Capability
Recruitment

Information on how to manage employees’ professional development and understand the ways to help advance their skills and knowledge.

Workforce Capability
Training

Training Needs Analysis is a process that enables you to accurately identify upskilling opportunities.

Workforce Capability
Training

Comcare offers a range of education and training on topics related to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act).

Workforce Capability
Training

Information on developing a training and development program, your training obligations and developing employees through mentoring, coaching and shadowing. 

Workforce Capability
Training

Information on why you need workplace policies and procedures, and how to develop, implement and review HR policies and procedures.

Workforce Capability
Training

The Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework and a range of tools and resources for trainers, educators, employers and individuals.

Workforce Capability
Development

Information about skills education, grants and training programs.

Workforce Capability
Development

Information on National Training Packages and upskilling employees. 

Workforce Capability
Development

Information on how to manage employees’ professional development and understand the ways to help advance their skills and knowledge.

Workforce Capability
Development

Information on emerging and trending skills in Australia. 

Workforce Capability
Development

An introduction to performance development and management. 

Workforce Capability
Performance

Factsheet on good work design: enhancing performance. 

Workforce Capability
Performance

Information on how to conduct a performance review and set-up an ongoing review system. 

Workforce Capability
Performance

Information on managing performance including tools and resources. 

Workforce Capability
Performance

How to prepare staff for performance reviews and how to deal with underperformance. 

Workforce Capability
Performance

Information on when and how to consult. 

Workplace Engagement
Communication and consultation

Information on how to consult with workers and supporting resources. 

Workplace Engagement
Communication and consultation

Information on WHS duties around consultation including sharing information and keeping records. 

Workplace Engagement
Communication and consultation

Information on the importance of communication and consultation between employees and employers, and supporting tools,  resources and related information. 

Workplace Engagement
Communication and consultation

Including a video offering tips and tricks to help you find your confidence in situations where confident communication is essential.

Workplace Engagement
Communication and consultation

Information on inadequate rewards and recognition.  

Workplace Engagement
Recognition

Article on the difference between recognition and appreciation and why the distinction matters. 

Workplace Engagement
Recognition

This article provides research-based advice on how to give the kind of employee recognition that will make a difference in employee engagement, performance, and retention.

Workplace Engagement
Recognition

Article on recognition, why it’s important and how to do it with supporting statistics. 

Workplace Engagement
Recognition

Outlines how to identify, assess and control inadequate reward and recognition to meet WHS obligations.

Workplace Engagement
Recognition

This website provides a set of resources to support individuals and organisations to better understand, prevent and address workplace sexual harassment and descrimination.

Workplace Engagement
Relationships

Information about how to manage work related stress due to workplace relationship confict.

Workplace Engagement
Relationships

Information on what can increase poor workplace relationships and suggested training and resources.

Workplace Engagement
Relationships

This guide focuses on the relationship between the supervisor and the injured or ill worker across four key stages of the return to work process: when the worker is first injured or falls ill, while they are away from work, as they prepare to return to work and when they return to work.

Workplace Engagement
Relationships

Article discusses the top 8 ways that showed effective collaboration from a study of 55 businesses. 

Workplace Engagement
Relationships

These resources are designed to help promote diversity and prevent discrimination in workplaces. They provide support to develop effective policies and practices in areas including gender equality, sexual harassment, recruitment and retention of older workers, managing employees with family and carer responsibilities, workplace cultural diversity and employment of people with disabilities.

Workplace Engagement
Fairness and equity

Word and PDF factsheet to download.

Workplace Engagement
Fairness and equity

Information on what poor organisational justice is, and how to identify, assess and control it. 

Workplace Engagement
Fairness and equity

This resource provides information on four categories for investing in changes to address equity, diversity and inclusion. Word and PDF download of the information available. 

Workplace Engagement
Fairness and equity

The HSR role explained, HSR elections, operating as a HSR and HSR training. 

Workplace Engagement
Fairness and equity

Details the difference between WHS and wellbeing and includes further resources and reading. 

Workplace Engagement
Wellbeing

Information and resources on mental health and wellbeing including suicide prevention.   

Workplace Engagement
Wellbeing

Lists the benefits of a safe and healthy workplace and ways to create it.  

Workplace Engagement
Wellbeing

Information about workplace wellbeing programs.

Workplace Engagement
Wellbeing

Monthly wellbeing calendars to download. Webpage also offers a range of other resources around happiness. 

Workplace Engagement
Wellbeing

Resources on mental health that can be sorted by industry, role, topics and modules.

Workplace Support
Response and support

Explanation on what a health and safety management system is and how to develop one. 

Workplace Support
Response and support

Evidence-informed guidance to help organisations develop an EAP that better meets the needs of employers, workers, supervisors, and managers.

Workplace Support
Response and support

PDF booklet outlining a framework to drive quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based decision-making to help ensure EAP services are fit-for-purpose, responsive, and adaptive to the changing needs of employers, workers, supervisors, and managers.

Workplace Support
Response and support

Provides information about EAP providers in Australia.

Workplace Support
Response and support

Factsheet on injury reporting in Australia. 

Workplace Support
Response and support

Rehabilitation programs explained, information on monitoring your progress and further resources. 

Workplace Support
Work adjustments

Details the benefits of returning to or recovering at work after a work-related injury or illness and further information. 

Workplace Support
Work adjustments

Information on different types of employment including graduated return to work, internal placement and re-deployment. 

Workplace Support
Work adjustments

Information on the benefits of reasonable adjustment,  examples and a workers role in the process. 

Workplace Support
Work adjustments

Support for employers who want to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disability and people with disability seeking employment, developing a career or considering self-employment. 

Workplace Support
Work adjustments

Information on injury management, rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation and workplace rehabilitation provider approval. 

Workplace Support
Injury management

This guide focuses on the relationship between the supervisor and the injured or ill worker across four key stages of the return to work process: when the worker is first injured or falls ill, while they are away from work, as they prepare to return to work and when they return to work.

Workplace Support
Injury management

Information on the purpose of the advisory service, who can access it and what advice is offered. 

Workplace Support
Injury management

Information on what workers compensation is, who to contact for workers compensation advice and help, and related information. 

Workplace Support
Injury management

A national strategy to drive and leverage national action to improve return to work outcomes for workers with a work-related injury or illness. This strategy addresses return to work in a national context.

Workplace Support
Injury management

Early intervention explained and information on how to put early intervention into practice. 

Workplace Support
Injury management

Information on flexible work and supporting resources. 

Workplace Support
Flexible work

Information on who can request flexible working arrangements, how employees can request flexible working arrangements, what employers should do with a request, lodging a dispute with the Commission State and territory laws as well as tools, resources and related information.

Workplace Support
Flexible work

Information and video on flexible providing flexible work. 

Workplace Support
Flexible work

Information about the benefits and types of flexible work arrangements.

Workplace Support
Flexible work

Guidance material for managers and staff to aid the design and introduction of flexible work.

Workplace Support
Flexible work