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Working long hours makes workers significantly more prone to psychological distress and "depersonalisation", a UK study has found.

• FIFO Bill targets worker health and wellbeing;
  
• Qld partners with workplace suicide-prevention group.

UK researchers have identified a number of factors besides physical and mental health that influence workers' sick leave rates.

Workers who receive peer support from trained colleagues immediately after a traumatic occupational accident are less likely to take extended sick leave, researchers have found.

A Google health and wellbeing manager has outlined the eight "pillars" that support the global company's wellbeing culture.

An employer with a rapidly expanding workforce has found that individually tailored wellbeing programs provide the most benefits, especially for employees who need extra care.

Teaching employees how good habits are formed is key to building a strong workplace wellbeing culture, a Sydney conference has heard.

A leading OHS lawyer has outlined six "golden rules" for ensuring compliance with both safety and anti-discrimination laws when managing workers who might have a mental illness.

Employers should focus on lower extremity strength in their intervention programs for older workers, according to US researchers.

Employers will be required to notify safety inspectors every time dust concentrations in mines exceed prescribed limits, under new anti-black lung regulations commencing in Queensland in January.