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The Business OfPsychosocial safety – Creating a healthy and productive workplaceHow productive can you be if your working environment is bad for your mental health? Psychosocial hazards at work are often less visible than physical risks but can have a significant impact on employees' mental health and wellbeing and typically arise from the way work is structured, the organisational culture, and relationships within the workplace How can workplaces be better designed to better care for employee well-being and efficiency? Carlo Caponecchia, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UNSW Science and an expert in psychosocial safety at work, breaks down the key elements every o...2024-09-1824 min
Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) HubThe Public Seating Project - Carlo Caponecchia, Robyn Coman and Vinod GopaladsaniCarlo , Robyn and Vinod are discussing the impact that the absence of suitable seating and poorly designed seating has on older adults in public places. The public seating project identified poor design, the coping behaviours of older adults needed and the impact that poor seating has on people with physical limitations and on their social identity.An audit tool was devised to gather data, to understand the problem and to inform the guidance that can be provided to those designing public spaces, local government and manufacturers.The significance of this work includes the understanding that older adults n...2024-04-2222 minHuman Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) HubIdentifying and Managing Psychosocial Hazards at workDr Robyn Coman and Associate Professor Carlo Caponecchia discuss the identification and management of Psychosocial Hazards at Work. What are they? What do we have to do about them? Who is responsible? How do we manage these hazards in the workplace?The overall responsibility for the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace lies with the duty holders, such as persons conducting a business undertaking (PCBU); but we all have a responsibility for the safety of others in the workplace.Carlo Caponecchia is an Associate Professor in the School of Aviation at The University of New...2023-07-1131 min
The Global Safety PodcastMental Wellbeing in the WorkplaceWe’re still in the dark about the full impact the last 18 months has had on our mental health, but the chances are that juggling home schooling with work, blurred boundaries between home and work life, isolation and loneliness and increased workload for our key workers will at some point take its toll. In this episode of The Global Safety Podcast the panel discuss mental health at work. With Sandra Kerr CBE, Dr Olivia Swift, Neil Laybourn, Carlo Caponecchia and BBC Radio 1’s Dr Radha, Tom Heap explores the main causes of mental ill health at work and learns how...2021-10-1145 min
Psych Health and Safety PodcastThe Australian Angle - with Carlo CaponecchiaResources:
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The Shift PodcastEp097_Psychosocial Hazards at work:WHS Frameworks_Dr Carlo CaponecchiaDr Carlo Caponecchia (Senior Lecturer at UNSW) spoke at the 74th Annual Conference about Psychosocial Hazards at work within work health and safety frameworks.
Intro by Sophie Scott (ABC)2019-07-1533 min
Safety on TapEp039: Another elephant in the room: Psychosocial risk, with Carlo CaponecchiaThis is Safety on Tap! Have you signed up to the waiting list for Safety on Tap Connected? I've designed our revolutionary new professional development accelerator just for you - so as a listener you get first dibs on membership, which will only be available to you for a limited time. We're launching soon, and the early bird discounted membership prices will never be repeated, I don't want you to miss out. Hop onto the waiting list at safetyontap.com/connected, and you will be the first to know when we open the doors so you can join. Regular listeners kno...2017-04-1348 min