PricewaterhouseCoopers will depart from a traditional office environment, and create a workplace that encourages workers to get up from their desks and move around, at its new Sydney headquarters.
Many safety professionals are "obsessed with disasters" and fail to learn from what "went right" in near misses, according to leading safety lawyer Michael Tooma. He also warns that few employers are taking adequate steps to prevent psychological harm.
Employers are being urged to "take the moral choice" of reducing job demands or at least increasing resources, after a national survey of school principals showed the "sheer quantity" of work is their greatest source of stress.
Employees who manage their energy at work by setting goals or switching tasks, and recover after work through relaxation, are more likely to be healthy, engaged and productive, Finnish researchers say.
Western Australia's proposed mirror WHS laws for the resources sector should include a duty of care at worker accommodation facilities, suicide-specific provisions and a special Code of Practice that addresses rosters, fatigue and bullying, the parliamentary inquiry into FIFO arrangements has recommended.
Employers should ensure their internal or external employee assistance programs go beyond supporting workers through counselling, and tackle negative trends in the workplace, an EAP provider's chief executive says.
