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Employers should target vascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure and smoking, to reduce the high risk of stroke among employees who work long hours, according to an international study of more than 600,000 workers.

A four-month corporate pedometer challenge halved cases of excessive daytime sleepiness among participant workers, Australian researchers have found.

Australian researchers have warned that long working hours contribute to poor mental health and need to be regulated, but the Productivity Commission's draft workplace relations report, released yesterday, found that current restrictions are adequate.

• FIFO rosters and motelling targeted at ALP conference;
  
• FIFO drug and alcohol helpline launched in WA; and
  
• Workers' comp tool for employers launched in NSW.

A recent safety prosecution involving a liquidated company, and the first person charged as an "officer" under the harmonised WHS laws, has highlighted one of the main reasons the officer provisions were included in the new legislation, according to a regulator.

Employees who manage their energy at work by setting goals or switching tasks, and recover after work through relaxation, are more likely to be healthy, engaged and productive, Finnish researchers say.

• More workers caught drug-driving in 2015 AUSTRANS blitz; and
  
• National rail safety changes coming soon.

Budget constraints are the biggest barrier to reducing workplace fatigue. To tackle this, managers must first understand how the issue affects their workforce and then convince their companies it needs to be addressed, webinar delegates have heard.

An employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker who was sacked for defying his fatigue-management training by falling asleep on the job.

Employers can tackle presenteeism through programs that encourage workers to be more physically active, sit less and sleep between seven and eight hours a night, according to Australian researchers, who warn that most workplace programs exclude the key issue of sleep hygiene.