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.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sexual Harassment is not a new topic, but it is one that is gaining momentum after several recent inquiries into workplace sexual harassment across multiple industries, following the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces.
[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.
[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,…
With the 10-year anniversary of harmonised WHS legislation in many jurisdictions approaching, there are a number of significant legal trends impacting WHS professionals and their organisations, according to one of South Australia’s leading workplace lawyers.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gaps often exist between “work as imagined” and “work as performed” and some of these gaps may subtly nudge organisations in believing that operations are safer than they are, according to new in-progress research.
Occupational lung disease continues to be a major work health and safety concern in Australia. To help raise awareness Safe Work Australia has launched an occupational lung disease awareness campaign which will run until December 2021.
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.
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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The biggest challenge when it comes to systems thinking is a fixation on ‘human error’ and the behaviour of workers at the so-called sharp end when trying to understand and manage safety, according to the University of the Sunshine Coast.
