Governance Risk And Compliance Training

Governance risk and compliance training has moved from optional to expected in Australia, driven by four shifts rather than by fashion.

• Psychosocial hazards became explicit. WHS regulations now require them to be identified and controlled like any other hazard, which puts culture inside the risk system.
• Positive duties arrived. Several obligations now require prevention rather than response, so doing nothing until a complaint arrives is no longer a position.
• Personal officer liability. Due diligence duties attach to individuals and cannot be delegated away.
• Supply chain expectations. Large buyers and funders increasingly ask suppliers to evidence their own controls.

Each of those four turns compliance from a periodic exercise into something continuous, which is a different operating model rather than a bigger version of the old one. That is the case for training everyone rather than a small team. Safe Work Australia sets out the first and third. This is general information rather than legal advice.

See Sentrient’s GRC system and workplace compliance courses.