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A worker could be jailed for up to five years and fined heavily, after being charged with recklessly endangering others by attending work after testing positive to COVID-19.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a long-time Australia Post employee who breached mask rules and ignored multiple reasonable directions not to return to a client's workplace, after complaints he was spreading COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

Another employer has been charged with serious COVID-19 safety breaches attracting millions of dollars in maximum penalties, this time in relation to a COVID outbreak resulting in 34 deaths.

Investing in wellbeing, creating a healthier and happier workplace and adapting to the emerging needs of employees are all essential to creating a more productive work environment, says a leading health and safety specialist.

Employers that choose to implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies in Victoria, for workplace health and safety purposes, will have the power to collect the "vaccination information" of employees, contractors and volunteers, under amendments commencing next week.

A leading occupational rehabilitation specialist has highlighted the need for personalised support plans and modified working conditions for employees suffering long-term effects from COVID-19 who want to return to work.

An employer could be fined millions of dollars, after being charged with nine workplace health and safety breaches that preceded a COVID-19 outbreak and 45 deaths. Meanwhile, a major defence contractor has been charged over a fatality, and a mining company has been fined over a death in an out-of-control vehicle.

New research shows that by providing specific mental health services to workers with delayed recovery from COVID-19, recovery time decreases, return-to-work readiness improves, and employers can expect a 45 per cent reduction in time off work.

A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an argument that state health ministers are constitutionally-barred from ordering hospital and health workers to be vaccinated to attend work.

Providing specific opportunities for employees who work from home to use mindfulness meditation apps, has a positive effect on team mindfulness and psychological safety, improving job performance, new research has found.