Checklist · Employment & Workplace Relations
WHS risk assessment for AI-driven work allocation and monitoring (psychosocial hazards)
Checklist and risk register for assessing algorithmic rostering, task allocation, performance targets and monitoring as psychosocial hazards, with consultation steps and controls under WHS law.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, New South Wales
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 17 October 2026 against the 7 authorities it cites, for Australia and New South Wales.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use before a client introduces, expands or changes AI or algorithmic management tools, and when reviewing existing tools after complaints or incidents. Use with the jurisdiction's psychosocial regulations and approved code of practice.
How AI may be used
AI can organise policies, surveys and incident records into a draft hazard register with document citations, but consultation with workers is mandatory and cannot be replaced by AI analysis, and the risk ratings and controls are decisions for the duty holder with legal advice.
AI may
- Build a draft register from cleared policies, survey results and incident records, citing the document for each entry.
- Summarise the vendor's description of how the tool allocates work and sets targets.
- List gaps where no evidence exists for a control.
AI must not
- Must not replace consultation with workers and health and safety representatives.
- Must not be given identifiable workers compensation, medical or employee assistance records.
- Must not assign final risk ratings or decide that a control is reasonably practicable.
The lawyer checks
- Workers and HSRs were consulted at each required step, and the record shows how their views were considered.
- Each hazard has controls applied in the hierarchy (eliminate first, then minimise).
- The tool's surveillance features are covered by a compliant notice.
- A review date and trigger events are set.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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