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Employers have been urged to learn from, persist with and improve on the safety strategies they implemented for the COVID-19 pandemic, and warned against reverting to past practices that will alienate workers in the post-COVID era.

Australian managers and WHS officers can "tap out" when they encounter psychosocial hazards they perceive as "too complex", exacerbating the mental injury risks arising from the rapid switch to working from home since the COVID-19 outbreak, researchers say.

Portable standing desks can help fill the gap in strategies for tackling increased excessive sitting among the high number of workers who started working from home more because of the COVID-19 pandemic, health science researchers have found.

A first-of-its-kind study examining the link between pre-COVID workplace safety systems and working conditions during the pandemic has found proactive organisations coped better with the chaos and wellbeing disaster that marred the past few years.

A commission has rejected a union's bid to bin a major employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, underscoring that under WHS legislation, a "reasonable" direction does not need to be one preferred by or in the best interests of all parties.

A Sydney Trains health and safety representative, who claimed he was exercising his WHS rights when he detained a customer during a COVID-19 lockdown, has failed to overturn his dismissal.

• Fatigue "misalignment" events ignored prior to crash-fire death;
  
• WHS visits tumble in SA in COVID era;
  
• Inconsistent understanding of silica risks identified in ACT; and
  
• SIRA to target overservicing in the workers' comp system.

Large numbers of workers continue to suffer from serious and sometimes debilitating symptoms from previous COVID-19 infections, highlighting the need to identify those most at risk and implement special return-to-work plans that are regularly reviewed and amended, according to occupational health experts.

• Three directors face hefty fines under vehicle safety charges; and
  
• COVID-control initiatives recognised by WHS "Showcase".

• WHS notification rules for COVID amended by Comcare; and
  
• Multiple WHS changes flagged in WA FIFO harassment report.