A new Code of Practice will help duty holders protect the mental health of fly-in-fly-out workers in the resources and construction sectors, but can be applied to other industries, the draft document says. Meanwhile, a regulator has launched a proactive inspection program for scaffolding across Western Australia.
A commission has reiterated the right of employers to dismiss workers who can't perform the inherent requirements of their job, in a dispute over a major employer's proposed work capacity assessment regime.
In a study driving home the importance of injury-prevention strategies focused on long-term outcomes, researchers have found that few workers who suffered from occupational neck and shoulder pain two decades ago have recovered from the condition.
Men working in human services occupations like social work, healthcare, childcare and teaching are up to twice as likely as those in any other occupation to use antidepressants, a major European study has found.
Employees working under low-quality supervisors in workplaces where general managerial quality is high are three times more likely than others to develop depressive disorders, according to European researchers.
French Researchers have identified the type of metalworking fluid that is most likely to cause bladder cancer, while an Australian study has found no link between shift work and one of the world's most common cancers.
Workplace wellbeing programs can play a key role in convincing workers their employer values their health and safety, and retaining workers who are unlikely to impose health-related costs on the organisation, a major study has found.
A group of 56 workers that participated in a yoga intervention recorded a total of just two days of musculoskeletal-related sick leave in six months, compared to 43 days among a control group, UK researchers have found.
A targeted safety assessment of five mines has found that operators aren't proactively seeking to procure lower-emission diesel engines or informing doctors of the specific health risks faced by workers.