Achieving return on investment in workplace mental health initiatives hinges both on implementing programs and proactively ensuring employees participate in them, according to a MinterEllison report.
Canadian researchers have outlined the components of an effective workplace wellbeing program for men, and stressed that simple but profound messages, like eating vegetables reduces erectile dysfunction, can get them on board.
Alternating between sitting and standing desk work can "close the energy gap" between energy intake and expenditure and prevent weight gain, US researchers have found.
Individualising cardiac arrest management strategies to suit the workplace can significantly increase survival rates, according to European researchers.
A comprehensive literature review has identified the major causes of occupational fatigue and its repercussions, highlighting the importance of employers breaking the fatigue "cycle".
Stressed workers are more like to make workers' compensation claims, with the frequency and cost of claims influenced by the type of stress experienced, a major study has found.
The Queensland Government has secured an inquiry into the "re-emergence" of black lung, but the State Opposition is calling for a royal commission, saying the work disease has caused multiple deaths since 1995.
