Psychosocial Risk Management for Holistic Workplace Safety

Psychosocial hazards are aspects of work that can cause psychological or social harm. They include factors like excessive workload, lack of role clarity, bullying, job insecurity, and poor leadership. Left unmanaged, these risks can lead to stress, burnout, and reduced organisational performance. 
ecoPortal’s Psychosocial Risk module helps you identify and manage these hazards through structured reporting, guided assessments, and actionable insights – giving you a clear path to safer, healthier workplaces.

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, New Zealand employers are legally required to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety, which includes psychosocial hazards. WorkSafe NZ’s Code of Practice outlines the steps employers must take to identify, assess, and control psychosocial risks.
ecoPortal supports this by providing a purpose-built module that aligns with the Code of Practice, helping you demonstrate due diligence and meet your obligations with confidence.

Reporting psychosocial incidents, such as bullying or stress-related concerns, is a critical step toward early intervention and cultural improvement. 
With ecoPortal’s Psychosocial Risk module, employees can report incidents using structured forms tailored to psychosocial issues – with the option to remain anonymous. Submissions are then triaged and managed through a secure, auditable workflow that ensures consistent, confidential, and appropriate follow-up.

Common tools include psychosocial risk surveys, hazard registers, incident reports, and cultural assessments – many of which are recommended by WorkSafe NZ. 
ecoPortal’s module brings all these tools into one connected system. You can run targeted surveys, track risk trends with the Cumulative Risk Score, and access dashboards that organise data by team, location, hazard type, and more.

Yes. ecoPortal’s Psychosocial Risk module is built to support compliance with New Zealand’s Health and Safety at Work Act and WorkSafe NZ’s Code of Practice for Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work. 
From guided reporting and AI-powered recommendations, the module helps you demonstrate compliance, manage risks proactively, and protect your people with confidence.

In industries like manufacturing, construction, retail, transport, and logistics, common psychosocial stressors may include long hours, high job demands, exposure to trauma, poor supervision, unclear role expectations, etc. 
ecoPortal helps organisations in these sectors surface and address such issues early. By enabling regular assessments, our module empowers teams to take targeted action where it’s needed most.

Absolutely. ecoPortal’s Psychosocial Risk module includes anonymous reporting features, making it safer for every team member to raise sensitive concerns. 
This encourages early reporting, builds trust in your safety systems, and ensures leadership teams have visibility of risks that may otherwise go unreported.

Tracking cultural change requires ongoing feedback from employees and visibility into trends over time. Workplace culture isn’t static; it evolves as new initiatives are introduced and risks are addressed. 
ecoPortal supports this through the Workplace Culture & Climate Monitoring workflow. You can gather regular insights on leadership, recognition, team dynamics, and overall experience. Results are easy to interpret through visual dashboards, helping you understand where progress is happening and where more support may be needed.