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In a submission to the Productivity Commission that sends a strong message to employers, Australian National University researchers have highlighted the link between unpredictable working hours and occupational injuries, musculoskeletal disorders and poor health.
The Federal Court has ordered a tribunal to reconsider whether an injured worker's employment contributed to his substance abuse "to a material degree".
Coronial inquiries into the deaths of three Victorian workers, who were electrocuted after vehicles struck overhead powerlines, have found that at-risk workers are provided with little site-specific information about the hazard.
An employer has been ordered to pay a worker more than $3.8 million in damages for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after one of his colleagues attempted to murder him by throwing him over a fourth-floor balcony.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld a company's sacking of a supervisor who risked a "catastrophic explosion" when he interrupted the operation of plant to conduct training and left it running unsafely for several hours.
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected a worker's claim that she was sacked for asking not to work with a colleague who made her feel unsafe, ruling she was dismissed for assaulting the co-worker on the job a year earlier.
Employers can tackle presenteeism through programs that encourage workers to be more physically active, sit less and sleep between seven and eight hours a night, according to Australian researchers, who warn that most workplace programs exclude the key issue of sleep hygiene.
