Non-physical risks and hazards must also be managed in the workplace. The overarching duty also belongs to the PCBU. Amendments to the WHS Act and WHS Regulation were introduced in October 2022.

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Psychosocial hazards examples include workplace bullying and harassment which had formerly been under the jurisdiction of the Fair Work Commission since January 2014. Incidents of "gas lighting" and "quiet quitting" may signal psychosocial hazards exist in the workplace.

 

The New South Wales workplace health and safety Regulator, SafeWork NSW is additionally tasked with overseeing that businesses and organisations implement and adhere to the new requirements to manage psychosocial risks and hazards in the workplace as they would physical WHS risks and hazards, which are not so much "additional duties" but are simply an expansion on duties already stated in the WHS Act and WHS Regulation that are to be complied with in the first place. 

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To complement this, the Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work (2022) was published by SafeWork NSW which gives examples of psychological hazards in the workplace and recommendations how to manage psychosocial risks, hazards, and incidents. 

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