The compliance landscape has shifted
The compliance landscape has shifted
In Victoria, psychological health is now explicitly treated as a workplace safety issue requiring a risk management approach. The OHS (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 and the associated compliance code are in effect from 1 December 2025.
This matters because the conversation is moving from
“Let’s run a wellbeing session”
to
“Can you identify psychosocial hazards and show you’re controlling the risks?”
This work aligns with psychosocial hazard obligations where they are explicit (such as Victoria), and supports broader WHS duties in other jurisdictions.
Why this matters for leaders and small business owners
Why this matters for leaders and small business owners
When pressure rises, most people try to solve it at the surface:
“Have the conversation.”
“Tell people to be nicer.”
“Get more resilient.”
“Try harder.”
That approach fails when the real issue is structural.
If you want pressure to reduce, you have to locate:
where load is accumulating
where expectations are unclear
where decisions stall
where capacity is being exceeded
where behaviour is being distorted by stress
That’s what Pressure Mapping is built for: make the hidden structure visible early, before the system hardens into burnout, conflict, turnover, or formal risk.
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