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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Legal Aid failed to keep staff safe from psychosocial risk: WorkSafe

Young lawyers working for Legal Aid are risking serious physical and mental harm due to violence and trauma threats not being properly managed, the territory's work safety watchdog believes.

Legal Aid ACT was issued an improvement notice after an inspector found the publicly funded organisation had failed to ensure psychosocial risks of violence, aggression and traumatic events and material had been adequately managed.

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