CU Health, Australia’s first complete wellbeing solution for businesses has been confirmed as the headline sponsor of the Psychosocial & Wellbeing Summit at all three Workplace Health & Safety Show events in 2026. Across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, this cements a national partnership focused on improving employee health and wellbeing outcomes across Australian and New Zealand workplaces.
The Psychosocial & Wellbeing Summit will sit at the center of each event’s free education programme, providing employers with practical guidance on meeting their psychosocial duties and building healthier, higher-performing workplaces. SAVE $75, REGISTER FREE NOW
Across Australia, employee wellbeing is under sustained pressure:
- Around one in two Australian workers report experiencing workplace burnout.
- Mentally unhealthy workplaces are estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $39 billion each year in lost participation and productivity.
At the same time, psychosocial risk has moved firmly into the regulatory spotlight.
- In Queensland, the “Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022” took effect on 1 April 2023, setting clear expectations for identifying, assessing and controlling psychosocial hazards.
- In Victoria, new psychological health regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety framework are being introduced, placing specific duties on employers to manage psychosocial risks in a systematic way.
- In New South Wales, a dedicated Code of Practice on managing psychosocial hazards and new regulations – in force since October 2022 – make it explicit that psychosocial risks must be managed just as rigorously as physical risks.
Against this backdrop, CU Health’s medically led wellbeing platform is increasingly being adopted by organisations seeking to move beyond traditional EAP models. CU Health is Australia’s most advanced evidence-based health and wellbeing platform, serving small and medium enterprises as well as large private, ASX-listed and government organisations.
Its clients include progressive employers such as VIVA Leisure Group, Winning Group hipages, Judo Bank, Netwealth, Airtasker, Equity Transport Group, Vantage Strata, SLF lawyers, LMS Energy and many others, who use CU Health to protect their teams, retain talent and improve performance.
Dr Patrick Aouad, Neurologist, Founder and CEO of CU Health, said the sponsorship reflects za decisive shift in how Australian businesses view wellbeing:
“There was a genuine seriousness about employee wellbeing, and the term ‘wellbeing’ is now starting to be understood as one of the most, if not the most, important metric associated with the employees and leaders within a business.”
Through the 2026 Psychosocial & Wellbeing Summit series, CU Health will work alongside regulators, industry bodies and employers to unpack emerging obligations, share best practice, and demonstrate how integrated medical, psychological and coaching support can reduce risk while improving performance. SAVE $75, REGISTER FREE NOW
Stephen Blackie, Portfolio Director of the Workplace Health & Safety Show, said:
“Across every conversation we have with employers, employee wellbeing now sits right alongside safety, productivity and retention as a board-level issue. The regulatory bar on psychosocial risk is rising, but so are expectations from employees themselves.”
“That is why partners like CU Health are so important to our events – they bring clinically led, practical solutions that help organisations protect their most important asset, their people, while lifting engagement and performance.”
“In 2026 we look forward to working with thousands of employers at our Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney shows to turn these obligations into action. Brisbane registration only opened last week and already over 500 professionals have secured their ticket – our biggest single day of registrations ever – which shows just how seriously the market is taking psychosocial risk and wellbeing.”
The Workplace Health & Safety Show portfolio brings together 16,000+ safety leaders, HR and wellbeing professionals, regulators and solution providers from across Australia, providing a powerful national platform for organisations to understand their psychosocial duties, benchmark their approach and connect with 500+ partners like CU Health who can help them build safer, healthier and more resilient workplaces.
