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• Invest in "resilient OHS systems" for world safety day;
  
• SWA guidance extended to work on public roads;
  
• Comments sought on proposed WHS amendments in NSW; and
  
• Forklift-stability warning issued after two incidents.

Employer-provided health programs where workers meet people outside of their work groups help workers cope with occupational challenges and issues like job insecurity created by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.

• Business owner fined heavily for COVID breaches;
  
• Employer and director fined over bypassed safety mechanisms; and
  
• Vic opens safety awards, reveals financial results and issues fatality alert.

• WHS reprimands not forceful enough before death; and
  
• Workplace restrictions continue after end of Qld COVID lockdown.

• Workplace masks mandatory for "circuit breaker" lockdown;
  
• Cash to oversee WHS again; and
  
• Guide to electing HSRs for "multi-PCBU" groups released.

• Employers told to step up as COVID rules stepped down in NSW; and
  
• Safety regulator targeting work cultures that increase road risks.

• Remote-work rule dropped for next COVIDSafe phase in Vic; and
  
• Unsafe driveway storage system results in injuries, prosecution.

A study of stock market performance across a decade has shown companies that focus on the health and safety of their workforce have a competitive business advantage, and are probably outperforming others in the COVID-19 era.

The national policy on enforcing WHS laws during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revised to define vaccinations as a "high order risk control measure". It also reminds employers of their duty to keep abreast of public health orders. Meanwhile, Western Australia has a new workplace health and safety minister.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted to a major employer the importance of supporting workers' holistic wellbeing, which will inform its approach to health and safety in the years to come, according to its general manager of people and culture.