Amy Workplace Justice

Fairness • Dignity • Inclusion
Fair workplaces • Disability rights • Psychosocial safety
📘 Facebook: @WorkJusticeAU

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Every Australian deserves a workplace where reasonable adjustments are respected, psychosocial safety is taken seriously, and people are treated with dignity.

This page exists to advocate for fairer, safer and more inclusive workplaces.

Fairness • Dignity • Inclusion 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Reasonable adjustments shouldn’t be complicated.

When an employee says they experience a barrier at work, the first response doesn’t need to be suspicion, judgement or a demand that they prove what they cannot do.

Start with curiosity:

“What would help you do your job safely and effectively?”

Often the adjustment is small. The difference it makes can be enormous.

Inclusion isn’t about lowering standards. It’s about removing unnecessary barriers so people can contribute their strengths. 💗

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

A lack of knowledge about reasonable adjustments – among both employers and employees – is causing problems for a “significant minority” of disabled workers, a government study has concluded.
#ReasonableAdjustments #Discrimination
https://t.co/v8TmfChYhh

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Mental health at work should be treated as seriously as physical safety.

But psychosocial safety is more than a policy or statement of intent.

The real test comes when an employee says: “Something about my work is harming me.”

Do we become defensive — or curious?

Do we focus on the person — or examine the hazard?

Do we silence the concern — or ask, “What would help?”

Psychosocial safety becomes real in how workplaces respond when someone actually speaks up. 💗

[Estelle @estelleeco]

@EU_EESC @Europarl_EN Great to see the EU pushing for zero deaths at work! Including climate-related risks in assessments is key for agriculture and green infrastructure 🌱

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Small adjustments can prevent much bigger problems.

Whether the barrier is ergonomic, physical, neurological or psychosocial, the best starting point is often remarkably simple:

“What would help you do your job safely and effectively?”

Listen to the answer. Act where reasonably possible. 💗

[TechDay Australia @techday_au]

Half of surveyed desk workers report end-of-day pain, prompting calls for small workstation changes that may ease strain and improve focus. #WorkplaceWellbeing #Ergonomics #DeskWork #Health https://t.co/2uwcXuOeqK

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Politicisation of the public sector is not always simply a question of individual behaviour. Sometimes the structure itself creates the conditions for it.

When senior appointments are short-term, renewable or dependent on maintaining the confidence of those holding political power, there is an obvious risk: frank and fearless advice can gradually give way to keeping the right people happy.

That matters not only for integrity, but for workplace culture.

A healthy public sector should allow its most senior officials to focus on good administration, evidence-based advice and safe, respectful workplaces — without feeling that their own tenure depends upon currying favour.

The risk becomes even greater in institutions where some of the most powerful office-holders sit outside ordinary public-sector accountability structures, including parliamentary environments involving Presiding Officers and Clerks.

Power without sufficient independent scrutiny can create blind spots. And those blind spots can affect both the quality of public administration and the psychological safety of the people working within it.

Depoliticisation therefore cannot just mean changing who holds office. It requires examining the structures, appointment arrangements and accountability mechanisms that shape behaviour in the first place. 💗

[News24 Australia @News24Aust]

The Victorian government is facing fresh integrity concerns after a whistleblower spoke out about politicisation of the public service.

https://t.co/PG0YodoiGF

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Psychosocial safety obligations apply in every workplace — including workplaces built around positions of power.

Power should increase accountability, not diminish it.

Working for, alongside or in support of powerful people does not make an employee less entitled to protection from psychosocial hazards. Sometimes, it means paying even closer attention to the inherent power imbalance — itself a known psychosocial hazard. 💗

[CPSU/CSA @cpsucsa]

Workload pt 3:
Being asked to do more with less is not efficiency, it’s a workload issue. As with any psychosocial hazard, employers have a duty to manage workload in order to minimise harm. Read on to learn more.

For more workplace support, join today!
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[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Today’s students are tomorrow’s workforce.

When exclusion rises, we should be curious about what sits behind the behaviour—not just how to remove it.

Early support, inclusion and intervention can change a young person’s trajectory long before they enter a workplace. 💗

[WAtoday @WAtoday]

WA school exclusions: Number of students expelled from state schools more than doubles over five years https://t.co/5ADImf8luZ

[WAtoday @WAtoday]

WA school exclusions: Number of students expelled from state schools more than doubles over five years https://t.co/5ADImf8luZ

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@News24Aust Technology in the workplace isn’t just about convenience. For some people, it’s accessibility.

Security and privacy matter, but blanket bans should consider disability and reasonable adjustments too.

Good policy manages risk without creating new barriers. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@newscomauHQ A great example of why language matters at work.

“We need to coordinate leave so the business can operate” creates a very different culture from “you need my permission”.

Same operational need. Very different leadership message. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Imagine if our first response was curiosity.

“Can you help me understand?”
“What would help?”
“Is there another way we could do this?”

Three simple questions can turn conflict into collaboration.

Good workplaces make it safe to be different. 🌷💗

#WorkplaceJustice #Inclusion

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

Inclusion is easy to promote. The real test is when someone actually needs it.

For nearly a decade, disability wasn’t the barrier. Then a workplace adjustment was needed.

Capability doesn’t disappear when employment ends. 💗

#DisabilityInclusion #WorkplaceJustice

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@wabusinessnews Workplace readiness is a two-way street.

Early-career employees need opportunities to build confidence and capability—but workplaces also need leaders who create space to ask questions, learn from mistakes and seek feedback safely.

That’s how good people grow. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@FinancialReview Flexible work can be valuable—but fairness doesn’t always mean giving every employee the same thing.

Different jobs and different people have different needs. Good workplaces focus on flexibility, reasonable adjustments and genuine consultation wherever the work allows it. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@australian A productive economy and fair workplaces aren’t competing goals.

People do their best work when they are valued, supported and able to speak up. Good workplace protections, good leadership and high performance can—and should—exist together. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@australian Perhaps the better question is: what conditions produce great policy advice?

Collaboration matters—but so do trust, inclusion, psychological safety and retaining experienced people.

Flexible work and high performance don’t have to be competing ideas. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@techday_au Workplace culture matters from day one.

If talented people enter an industry and immediately feel excluded, the problem isn’t their resilience—it’s the barrier.

Inclusive workplaces don’t just attract diverse talent. They give people a reason to stay. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@Kate3015 11,000 workers is a substantial voice worth listening to.

Taking psychosocial hazards seriously isn’t about calling Australian workplaces “inhumane”. It’s about identifying preventable harm and making good workplaces better.

Listening to employees is good leadership. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@theheraldsun A powerful reminder that workplace culture is a safety issue.

When people are bullied, isolated or humiliated, the cost isn’t only personal. Organisations lose good people, experience and knowledge.

Psychological safety isn’t a “nice to have”. 💗

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@CFMEUWA Fairness and safety at work go hand in hand.

Every worker should be able to raise a concern about their workplace knowing it will be heard, taken seriously and addressed fairly. 💗

#WorkplaceJustice

[Amy Workplace Justice @WorkJusticeAU]

@crikey_news When employees collectively say something isn’t working, good organisations listen.

Whether the issue is pay, safety, inclusion or workplace culture, employee voice is valuable information—not something to fear.

Listening early can prevent much bigger problems later. 💗