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Men working in male-dominated workforces are at increased risk of depression, but tailored interventions can improve their mental health literacy, remove stigma and encourage them to seek help, Australian researchers say.

An employer has reduced its lost-time injury frequency rate from nearly 40 per million hours worked to zero, through an exhaustive consultation process with workers and improved organisational communication.

Ten per cent of Australian workers have been bullied at work, and in 62 per cent of cases the perpetrator was a supervisor, according to one of two new major Safe Work Australia reports on the issue.

An employer's early reporting tool for identifying workers at risk of injury and absenteeism has reduced time lost and improved recovery time, according to its CEO.

In the lead up to White Ribbon Day on 25 November, employers are being urged to implement domestic violence policies and ensure managers are prepared to take emergency action to keep employee victims safe.

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

An award-winning civil construction company has taken the guesswork out of one of its highest-risk activities, by creating its own easy-to-use operator guides.

• Expanded inquiry reviewing penalties for asbestos end-users; and
  
• "Ice" safety training commences in Vic.

Employers should ban the taking of photographs - for use on social media - at end-of-year work functions to mitigate the risk of bullying complaints, a WHS lawyer says. Meanwhile, a regulator has urged employers to carefully plan tasks during the notoriously hazardous pre-Christmas rush.

Employers have been urged to prioritise higher order controls over administrative controls like safety zones, and use a "fresh pair of eyes", to tackle the growing risk of potentially fatal falling objects.