As workplace regulations regarding psychosocial risk mitigation are implemented around the country — Victoria being the last state to do so, with regulations taking effect on 1 December this year — discussions are tense. Leaders are nervousToday let’s explore (1) the impact of the new regulations, (2) the difference between mitigating physical and psychosocial risk , and (3) how stress management and burnout prevention programming directly contribute to meeting these new regu

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