Browsing: Stress


MON
11:53AM

Q&A: Wellbeing program reduces stress and anxiety, and targets sedentary risks

A major law firm is targeting body, mind, culture and place through a holistic wellbeing program with strategies ranging from "desk stretch cards" to vicarious trauma training, and its employees are reaping the rewards with reductions in depression, stress and anxiety.


TUE
12:59PM

COVID abuse among bully's safety contraventions

A company director who bullied a subcontractor for four years, and abused him for raising safety concerns to do with the COVID-19 pandemic, has been convicted of workplace health and safety contraventions.


THU
3:50PM

EU-OSHA unpacks impact of psychosocial risks during pandemic and ongoing hazards

A major study spanning the European Union has found the COVID-19 pandemic was a "formative event" for workers' mental health. It found many workers experienced increasing stress, mainly linked to two factors, and employers must continue to proactively monitor potentially health-damaging working conditions.


WED
3:55PM

TUE
3:40PM

Four-day week reducing stress and absences at Medibank

A Medibank trial giving workers "the gift" of time recouped from fewer meetings, more autonomy and saying no to less-value work, has decreased stress levels and significantly reduced sick leave in some workers, according to a senior executive.


TUE
12:41PM

Manual handling training defeats damages bid

A major supermarket did not breach its safety duty of care to a store manager, who allegedly suffered an overuse injury, by failing to prevent her from working "excessive" hours in the lead up to a major audit, a court has found.


MON
3:00PM

Employers considering four-day weeks told to be realistic about the WHS ramifications

Employers adopting a four-day work week are being urged to increase their employees' knowledge of the injury risks associated with work intensification, and warned against leaving it up to staff to figure out how to maintain their output.


THU
12:17PM

Mental distress risks surging in university sector

A major study traversing the past four years has revealed that students are the most frequent perpetrators of digital harassment of Australia's university staff, and senior managers in the sector are not doing enough to safeguard workers' psychological health.


FRI
1:49PM

Injured worker not given a chance to respond to alleged complaints, "even to this day"

A worker who was required to take on management duties and sack a worker, despite not being trained in such processes, has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, with a commission rejecting her employer's reasonable-action defence.


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.


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