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in isolation from other psychosocial hazards. Psychosocial hazards such as high job demands, violence and aggression, poor organisational justice, low job control, poor support, remote or isolated work, job insecurity, intrusive surveillance, fatigue and bullying may increase the risk of sexual and gender-based harassment. Workers may be less likely to report harassment risks if other WHS hazards are poorly managed.
Psychosocial hazards interact and combine to change or increase risks. Workers are more likely to be exposed to sexual and gender-based harassment, and that harassment is more likely to cause harm, if they are also exposed to other psychosocial hazards.
Further information is available in the Work Health and Safety (Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work) Code of Practice 2024 (Cth).

5.          Controlling the risk
Once you, as the PCBU, have identified and assessed the risk of sexual and gender-based harassment, you are in a position to control the risk in consultation with your workers.
You must eliminate risks to health and safety if it is reasonably practicable to do so. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risks, you must minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
Every workplace is different. The best combination of control measures to eliminate or minimise the risk of sexual and gender-based harassment in your workplace will be tailored to your organisation's size, type, work activities, location and workforce.
Information on the process to identify and select reasonably practicable control measures is provided in the Work Health and Safety (Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work) Code of Practice 2024 (Cth) and Safe Work Australia's Interpretive Guideline: The meaning of 'reasonably practicable'.

WHS Regulations regulation 55D

Control measures

The WHS Regulations require that in determining control measures you have regard to all relevant matters, including:
   -            the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of workers and other persons to the risk of sexual and gender-based harassment
   -            how sexual and gender-based harassment and other psychosocial hazards may interact or combine
   -            the design of work, including job demands and tasks
   -            the systems of work, including how work is managed, organised and supported
   -            the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of the workplace, including the provision of:
     o          safe means of entering and exiting the workplace
     o          facilities for the welfare of workers
   -            the design and layout and environmental conditions of workers' accommodation
   -            the plant, substances and structures at the workplace
   -            workplace interactions or behaviours, and
   -            the information, training, instruction and supervision provided to workers.
Further information and examples of these are provided in the sections below. Not all examples will be relevant or reasonably practicable in all circumstances. You must consult with your workers, and their representatives,