Public comment has opened on the proposed Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Psychological Health) Regulations, which will provide clearer guidance to employers on their obligations to safeguard workers from mental injury.
Workplace Sexual Harassment Resources
Think Safe. Work Safe. Be Safe.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] October is National Safe Work Month, and this year’s theme is think safe. work safe. be safe. Being healthy and safe means being free from physical and psychological harm. No job should be unsafe and no death or injury is acceptable. A safe and healthy workplace benefits everyone.
SWA Research Reports on Stigma & Psychological Response to Injury
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Injured or ill workers should be empowered to play an active role in their own recovery and return to work through both practical and psychological support, according to two new research reports by Griffith University. The reports encourage employers to provide their injured workers with greater access to workplace arrangements like flexible schedules, task modifications,…
Clean Air Clean Lungs
Mental stress and harassment/bullying claims on the rise
Workers’ compensation claims related to mental stress and harassment and/or bullying have both risen in recent years, according to a recent Safe Work Australia analysis. It found the frequency rate (claims per 100 million hours worked) of mental stress claims declined from 2002–03 to 2015–16, before rising again in recent years.
Welding safety at the forefront of new research
To create a better understanding of workers’ exposure to welding fumes in Australia, the NSW Government’s Centre for Work Health and Safety is conducting new research. Together with the University of Sydney and Curtin University, the Centre is focusing on broadening the knowledge of Australian welding industries and occupations, current controls being used and the…
Beware of human error as a viable safety concept
1222 workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 last year
There were 1222 workers’ compensation claims related to COVID-19 lodged in 2020, and of these, 974 claims were accepted, 127 were rejected and 121 are still pending, according to new Safe Work Australia data. Of the 1095 accepted and pending claims lodged last year, 826 were for workers who had contracted COVID-19, 212 were for…
Good Safety is just Good Business
Written by Robert Keft, 28 October 2019 Why Employers, Unions, Workers and Government all need to come together for one Cause, that is Work Health and Safety I have observed over many years the tension between employers, unions, workers and government over many issues. They include typically remuneration, workplace conditions, work hours, productivity, workplace morale…