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An organisation presided over by Prince Charles has launched a free toolkit to help employers approach workers on delicate issues like weight and exercise, and develop strategies to improve health and reduce sick leave.

Ambulance Victoria has been convicted and fined $400,000 for OHS breaches, after a paramedic with easy access to opioid painkillers died of an overdose.

Australian safety professionals have called for a "wider national conversation" on poor workplace cultures and a WHS Code of Practice covering bullying. Meanwhile, Comcare has established a multi-sector partnership to boost disability employment and return-to-work rates.

All asbestos-containing bonded building materials break down over time and create hazards to human health and the environment, the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency's CEO has warned on the release of a report on workplace asbestos-removal projects.

Workers who have an inflated sense that accidents or injuries are likely to occur are more likely to take risks like rushing, but organisational factors like positive feedback can reverse these perceptions, a psychological study has found.

The globalisation of supply chains and sending company functions offshore are among the major emerging WHS challenges identified in a blueprint for reducing serious workplace injuries and deaths.

Heat-related illnesses and respiratory syndromes in workers are two direct outcomes of climate change that require special mitigation and adaptation strategies, a peak occupational medicine group has warned.

• Ten-year WHS strategy amended with greater focus on bullying; and
  
• Workers killed by dehydration and extended stabiliser.

Workers who smoke can cost employers thousands of dollars more per year than non-smokers in indirect productivity loss, US researchers have found.

A world-first study has found an association between hand and arm hygiene and asthma, which has important implications for strategies to prevent occupational illness among healthcare workers.