Browsing: Fatigue



THU
12:17PM

WHS risks addressed through agreed disconnect laws

Workers will be protected from the health and safety risks associated with "availability creep" and excessive hours through the right to "refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, from an employer" outside of working hours, under agreed legislative changes.


FRI
3:53PM

Right-to-disconnect laws recommended to improve WHS

Australia has moved a step closer to harmonising the right to disconnect from work, with a parliamentary inquiry recommending the move after hearing workers across multiple sectors are being exhausted and injured "to no good purpose".


WED
1:51PM

Flexible work causing insomnia, increasing related risks

Workers with flexible arrangements are far more likely than those with set hours to suffer from insomnia, according to researchers, who suggest more thought needs to go into allocating resources and curtailing demands.


WED
10:46AM

Manager jailed over four deaths, fatigue reviews needed

Employers that operate heavy vehicles have been "challenged" to review and overhaul their fatigue management systems, after a company's national operations manager was sentenced to three years' jail for recklessness that led to the deaths of four police officers.


TUE
2:41PM

Short questionnaire identifies major work safety risk

An eight-item questionnaire to detect sleep apnoea in at-risk workers has proved to be an effective and low-cost way to screen a workforce for a condition that poses significant safety and health risks, researchers say.


WED
3:47PM

Targeting stress-related sleep issues increases motivation and reduces risk of absences

Managers have been urged to target the factors that exacerbate work stress and lead to sleep disorders, with a 12-year study suggesting this can reduce the risk of "poorer work ability trajectories" among older workers.


FRI
3:58PM

Triple prosecution urged; Fatigue advice out; more

  • Triple prosecution urged after gas-monitoring incident;
  • New WHS guide tackles fatigue and outlines duties in NT; and
  • McGurk gets WHS portfolio in WA.

THU
3:06PM

National manager faces jail in quadruple fatality case

A senior company executive has been found guilty of recklessness and faces jail, in the latest case involving the deaths of four police officers in a road incident caused by a drug-affected truck driver.


THU
1:59PM

Record $2.31m recklessness fine follows four deaths, sends safety warning to company officers

Company executives must ensure systems are in place to deal with non-compliance with safety requirements and those systems are properly monitored, a regulator has stressed after an employer was handed a record recklessness fine relating to the deaths of four police officers.


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