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• Twenty-minute siesta reduces work fatigue;
  
• Workers urged not to "thumb their nose" at drug policy; and
  
• Work Safety Commissioner thanked by Minister.

An employer has been refused permission to amend its fatigue management procedures to reduce the number of rest breaks per shift, because it failed to obtain unanimous agreement from a cross-section of workers.

Employers can maximise workplace weight-management interventions by providing socially supportive environments and explicitly addressing sleep, a new study has found.

European researchers have identified a strategy for tackling the "high prevalence of persistent fatigue" among sedentary workers, while Australian workers are being challenged to be "chair aware" and get up every 30 minutes.

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has finalised its online calculator to help supply chain participants accurately determine minimum payments under its first remuneration order, which takes effect in a matter of weeks.

Female workers exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are at increased risk of menstrual disorders and other health problems like fatigue, Chinese researchers have found.

The family of a worker who died in a car crash, after working long hours in the sun with only one break, has been awarded nearly $500,000 in compensation.

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has issued a remuneration order affecting supermarket chains and other employers, and noted it has received no evidence disputing the link between low driver pay and poor safety outcomes.

Employers can "reap massive rewards" by prioritising targeting poor sleep over other issues, such as diet and exercise, in their wellbeing programs, a psychologist has told a Melbourne conference.

Sleep troubles contribute to "numerous negative occupational outcomes", such as increased risk of injury and costly presenteeism, but few workplace wellbeing programs include sleep improvement initiatives, US researchers say.