Regularly missing scheduled breaks and working in small wards have emerged as surprising predictors of stress and fatigue in healthcare workers, a study has found, with the authors suggesting more specific management training programs as interventions.
Exposure to physical and psychological forms of workplace mistreatment increase insomnia time in workers, a study has found, clarifying why bullying from colleagues can be more "shattering" than stressors like client-perpetrated violence.
A casual worker was unfairly dismissed for not complying with fatigue management laws and policies, a commission has ruled, finding his supervisors encouraged his alleged non-compliance, and rejecting his employer's claim the dismissal was not related to his coinciding request for a permanent role.
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.
Prolonged exposure to mental stimuli significantly influences the onset of mental fatigue in professional drivers and operators, but the risk of fatigue-induced incidents can be minimised by implementing health surveillance programs to identify high-risk workers, a study has found.
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 new study has found shift work that involves working nights is significantly associated with sleep medication use, and identified an increasing prevalence of shift workers taking up these prescription-based hypnotics.
A meta-analysis has identified a significant association between shift work and a decrease in neurobehavioural performance, highlighting the need for workplace health and safety policies to focus on protective countermeasures like recovery plans.
The Federal Court has in a rare ruling on reasonable additional hours found there were "obvious risks" in requiring a meat worker to put in 50-hour weeks while using knives and lifting heavy weights.
