WorkSafe Victoria have released a new awareness campaign “You can keep fighting fatigue, until you can’t”, aimed at rural workers to recognise the signs of fatigue before it is too late.
You can keep fighting fatigue, until you can’t
Working from home, is it a double edge sword?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work was being explored by some companies, but its adoption was relatively slow and limited. The pandemic forced employers to adapt to remote working conditions, and while this offers many benefits, it also comes with it’s own risks and challenges.
Inadequate sleep is costing Australia billions
Too hot, too cold, too loud, too bright — there are many reasons it can be difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep, which is especially true for Australia’s 100,000-plus resources workers who work fly-in fly-out rosters.
New powers coming in December 2023 for AHRC
In December 2022, a positive duty on employers, businesses, and organisations to take ‘reasonable and proportionate’ steps to eliminate unlawful conduct in the workplace was included in the Sex Discrimination Act.
Model Work Health and Safety Legislation Amendment (Offences and Penalties) 2023
Amendments have been made to the model WHS Act and model WHS Regulations, including how WHS penalty provisions are expressed, increasing penalty amounts and providing for the indexation of penalty amounts.
National Safety Strategy: 2023-2033
A new 10-year national strategy to reduce workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in Australia has been released. The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2023-2033 addresses ongoing and emerging challenges in work health and safety over the next decade, including managing psychosocial risks, the rise of artificial intelligence, automation and related technologies, and new types…
Understanding Psychological Safety and Psychosocial Risk
With the release of the new Model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work in July 2022, psychological safety and psychosocial risks are currently at the top of most safety agendas. Psychological safety and psychosocial risks both relate to the workplace but they differ in the factors that contribute to them and their impact…
Sea Safe: Bringing the seafood industry home safely
“Everybody deserves to come home safely” is the message the commercial seafood industry is promoting as part of their launch of a new national safety program called ‘Sea Safe’. The four-year program has been designed to drive culture improvement and change throughout the sector through a focus on peer-to-peer sharing, learning and ultimately behaviour changes.
Worldwide violence and harassment at work: 1 in 5
More than one in five employed people worldwide – 23 per cent – have experienced one or more forms of violence or harassment at work, according to a global study. It found that the main forms of work-related violence and harassment were psychological violence and harassment, including insults, threats, bullying or intimidation.
WHS leading with both the head and the heart
OHS professionals need to balance leading with the qualities of both “the head and the heart” in order to become more effective leaders at work, according to author and company director Dr Kirstin Ferguson. The art of being a modern leader is knowing what attributes of leading with the head and heart are needed (and…
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