Sleep deprivation has a cumulative impact and workers usually can't tell how severely they're affected, according to a toolkit that urges employers to include sleep in their health and wellbeing strategies.
In addition to hearing loss, workers exposed to noisy workplaces are significantly more likely to develop risk factors for heart disease like high cholesterol and hypertension, NIOSH researchers have found.
French researchers have found that fewer than one in five serious cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are work-related, but stress that employers should still implement interventions targeting workers' personal risk factors for the condition.
A major and alarming Harvard University study has found that occupational exposure to radiation, shift work and poor diet has resulted in flight attendants being significantly more likely than others to develop cancer and other adverse health conditions.
It takes more than just the people within an organisation to facilitate a positive culture and worker wellbeing. Building managers and others who own and run workplaces need to "set the tone", a leading psychologist says.
The number of people diagnosed with potentially disabling multiple chemical sensitivity has grown by 300 per cent in a decade, with three in five sufferers taking sick leave or leaving a job due to fragranced products in the workplace, an Australian expert has found.
Two employers that failed to act on a health issue raised by a customer on a compulsory form, which suggested she wasn't suitable for strenuous activities, have been convicted of WHS offences after she died in a snorkelling incident.
A commission full bench has rejected a poor-performing worker's renewed claim that his employer should have postponed performance-managing him while a stomach disease affected his work.
