Under mounting scrutiny after two staff suicides, NAB is facing searing allegations of bullying, punishing performance pressures and a deteriorating culture that legal experts say could test the limits of Australia’s workplace safety laws
NAB is facing intensifying scrutiny over its workplace culture after two employees died by suicide within weeks of each other, triggering investigations by workplace safety regulators and fresh allegations of bullying, excessive workloads and a “dehumanising” environment inside the lender.
The incidents – one at NAB’s Docklands headquarters in Melbourne in early March and another several weeks later involving a staff member from a separate team – have sparked public debate about how far employers’ legal obligations extend when it comes to psychological safety, and whether current frameworks risk compounding the trauma of already‑grieving families and colleagues.
Employment lawyer Melini Pillay, principal at McCabes, said the law is still catching up with community expectations about how employers should respond to staff suicides – and that the rules differ sharply across jurisdictions.
“In Victoria, the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 does not require a business to notify of a death by suicide,” Pillay noted, in contrast with changes to the model Work Health and Safety laws that took effect in New South Wales on 5 December 2025, which make a work‑related or suspected work‑related death by...
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