An Australian study has found a strong psychosocial safety climate (PSC) at an organisational level reduces digital job demands for remote workers and reduces their work-life conflict. It highlights key steps employers can take to increase PSC levels to improve both worker wellbeing and job performance.
With employers increasingly facing the challenge of managing workplace behaviour and conduct across a hybrid environment, a leading workplace lawyer has highlighted the key steps they can take to maintain a positive work culture, prevent bullying and harassment, and comply with their duty of care in the hybrid working world.
The work and lifestyle behaviours of Australia's fly-in-fly-out workers have been linked to high psychological distress levels and risky health behaviours, a study has found, with the researchers suggesting mental health interventions and awareness campaigns as solutions to poor worker health.
Australia is expected to see a surge in flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 cases over the next few weeks, and hygiene services experts have called for businesses to protect themselves and their employees by creating safer and more hygienic work environments.
A Canadian study has shown that cannabis legalisation has had little impact on "workplace use" patterns, but found a significant proportion of workers feel there is minimal risk to using cannabis before safety-sensitive work, pointing to a need for better education on the issue.
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.
A first-of-its-kind Australian study has shown that workplace diversity training and "ally networks" have a positive impact on the wellbeing of employees who identify as LGBTQ+, and in turn, a positive impact on workplace productivity.
The World Health Organisation has today moved firefighting into its highest cancer risk occupations list and Australia's United Firefighters Union has called for new measures to protect firefighter health.
Employers will soon be required to proactively take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and adopt new procedures for managing psychosocial risks, under new legislation committed to by the Federal Labor Government.
While open plan offices might enhance employee collaboration and offer lower rental costs, the savings might be completely eroded by higher sickness and absenteeism rates, according to a ground-breaking new analysis by a team of German researchers.
