Hospo Health Leaders Program

Hospo Health Leaders Program · TASMANIA

Is your hospitality business ready to lead on wellbeing?

The HOSPO Health Leaders Program isn’t another awareness session. It’s a 12-month psychosocial safety and performance system, designed specifically for hospitality, built on current evidence, with practical strategies and tools that can be applied in your business right away.

Our industry faces a hard reality: staff turnover is among the highest of any sector, 80% of workers say mental health is a challenge, and psychosocial injury claims are rising nationally. Awareness isn’t enough. This program takes a different approach, and it’s transformative for both leaders and the businesses they run.

Wellbeing Initiatives reduce
absenteeism by 22% and Presenteeism by 24%
(PwC Australia)

Every $1 Spent on Preventative
health can return up to $14.30
(VicHealth, 2023)

Increase in mental stress
compensation claims in Australian
workplaces over the past five years.

OF HOSPITALITY WORKERS EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
THE HUMAN COST IS SIGNIFICANT – AND SO IS THE COST TO BUSINESS.

What You Will Gain

What you'll gain over 12 months:

A deep, practical understanding of psychosocial safety in a hospitality context, including your legal obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act and the 14 psychosocial hazards your business must manage

A stronger, more sustainable leadership wellbeing practice, starting with you.

A peer learning partnership with a leader from another Tasmanian hospitality business, with structured accountability conversations every two months

Measurable, signed commitments to real workplace change that are backed by data, not good intentions.

Delivered by researchers and practitioners who are among the best in Australia, every step of the program builds on the last. By the end, you won’t just have new knowledge, you’ll have evidence of genuine transformation in your workplace.

Each year, 10 properties from across Tasmania are selected to participate.

Applications open in late May each year. Download the full 2026–27 program booklet to find out more.

“As the leader of a hospitality venue with over eighty staff, I signed up for the HOSPO Health program with my senior leadership team. What impressed me most was how quickly the top-down approach cascaded through every department and reached our entire workforce. This program fundamentally shifted how we think about wellbeing. It’s not just about mindfulness, sleep, or exercise, it’s about safety. We now understand that addressing psychosocial safety is a business imperative.

The program has made a tangible difference across our organisation. We’ve recognised that by not implementing these practices, we expose ourselves to greater liability. More importantly, we can now support our people better, support our leaders more effectively, and ultimately protect our business. That’s incredibly important to us. I would highly recommend this program to any business that prioritises the safety and wellbeing of their workforce. Thank you to Hospitality Tasmania for this opportunity, it’s been genuinely transformative. ”

Andrew Stack, General Manager - Shoreline Hotel