Workplace Bullying Assessment Checklist

This checklist has been developed to assist employers in their duty to identify, assess, eliminate and/ or control bullying in the workplace, taking into account the common risk factors.

Bullying is a serious risk to the health and safety of workers. Under the relevant health and safety legislation (the "WHS Legislation") and associated regulations and codes of practice, the primary duty to eliminate or minimise, as far as reasonably practicable, the risks to health and safety (including psychological health) in the workplace is imposed on a person conducting a business or undertaking ("PCBU").

Employers should take all reasonable steps to prevent bullying before it becomes a risk to the health and safety of its workers and others in the workplace. This is best achieved through a risk management process. 

This process should include:

• identification of bullying risk factors;
• assessment of the likelihood of bullying occurring from the risk factors identified and their potential impact on the workers or workplace;
• eliminating the risks, as far as reasonably practicable, or controlling, or minimising, them as far as reasonably practicable; and
• reviewing the effectiveness of the control methods put in place and the process generally