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Employers that maintain a positive "COVID-19 safety climate" curb "moral disengagement" where workers rationalise irresponsible actions that harm others, a timely study has shown.

An employer's obligation to consult with workers on COVID-19 vaccine mandates does not extend to implementing measures required by public health orders, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

• Workplace COVID controls and exemptions outlined as WA re-opens; and
  
• COVID affects injury recovery and RTW outcomes: SWA.

Standing, treadmill and cycling desks improve workers' cognitive performance, and can counteract the increase in sedentary behaviour associated with pandemic-forced working-from-home arrangements, Australian researchers say.

• Appoint an "infectious diseases manager", employers told; and
  
• Regulator, and UMM, help young workers speak up on safety.

A commission has upheld a government employer's "brief" reasons for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine exemption for a worker, who contended potential tensions with her family members supported her bid.

Bringing workers back to the workplace is better served with organisational policies "more biased towards protection and protecting the health and safety" of people than personal freedom, a CEO has told a forum on new workplace "norms".

Rio Tinto's toxic workplace culture of bullying, s-xual harassment and racism is the legacy of a system where career progression hinges on the discretion of direct supervisors and workers fear raising issues, according to a union group.

Rio Tinto has committed to applying its operational safety and risk processes to its camps and village facilities, and urgently auditing and remedying any unsafe facilities, in response to the damning report on its workplace culture of bullying, harassment and racism.

With the Omicron outbreak likely to delay return-to-office plans for many businesses around Australia, employers should heed the findings of a new study on the physical toll that working from home can have on workers' bodies, and the need for preventive action.