Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.
Australian researchers have called for offices to be redesigned to stimulate physical activity, after they found advances in office ergonomics over the last 30 years have done little to reduce the high rate of neck pain and other musculoskeletal symptoms among desk workers.
Employers are being encouraged to pledge their support for a new national anti-racism strategy, and improve their legal compliance and competitive advantage in the process.
A workplace health and wellbeing program that focuses on zero harm - and was inspired by the over-representation of Indigenous men in Western Australian prisons - can be applied in multiple industries, Bis Industries' Rebecca Warren says.
Employers that improve workplace communication and provide supervisors with training on mental health are effectively tackling stress, Japanese researchers have found.
Simple strategies, such as walking over and talking to colleagues instead of emailing them, can significantly reduce the health risks posed by sedentary work, Comcare says in a new toolkit on the issue.
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Employers have been advised to educate shift workers on cardiovascular problems to stop early manifestations of disease, after a Canadian study of more than two million people found shift work is linked to heart attacks and strokes.
