Patterns & Pressure
Insights on financial pressure and psychosocial safety at work — for the people who can see it in the data and can't yet name it.
Financial pressure is not a listed psychosocial hazard. That is exactly the problem.
Published on: 05/09/2026
Why a driver that sits underneath several listed hazards is invisible in a register built to count categories - and what to do instead of adding a line.
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The most expensive claim on your books
Published on: 24/07/2026
Mental health conditions now account for 12% of serious workers compensation claims, at a median of $67,400 against $16,300 across all serious claims. The decade trend is the part worth reading.
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What changed in NSW on 1 July - and what it means for the driver nobody is naming
Published on: 04/07/2026
From 1 July 2026, NSW codes of practice became comply-or-justify. What section 26A actually says, and why it matters for the pressure your register does not list.
psychosocial hazardsSafeWork NSWsection 26Acode of practiceWHS compliance
Nobody is certified to ISO 45003
Published on: 19/06/2026
ISO 45003 is guidance, not requirements, so certification against it does not exist. It also already names financial security as a worker need. Both facts are useful.
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