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Portable standing desks can help fill the gap in strategies for tackling increased excessive sitting among the high number of workers who started working from home more because of the COVID-19 pandemic, health science researchers have found.

A major study of nearly 250,000 workers has flagged the utility of blood pressure management for workers exposed to occupational noise.

A first-of-its-kind study examining the link between pre-COVID workplace safety systems and working conditions during the pandemic has found proactive organisations coped better with the chaos and wellbeing disaster that marred the past few years.

European researchers have confirmed, from a study of more than 400,000 workers, that a common disabling hand disorder can be caused by manual work. They identify those most at risk and say their findings should inform workplace safety strategies.

Large numbers of workers continue to suffer from serious and sometimes debilitating symptoms from previous COVID-19 infections, highlighting the need to identify those most at risk and implement special return-to-work plans that are regularly reviewed and amended, according to occupational health experts.

Australian researchers have identified factors contributing to the heightened risk of self-harm among workers' compensation recipients and others with disabling work injuries, and say there are numerous intervention opportunities, including for employers, "along the pathway between work disability and suicide".

An artificial-intelligence chatbot can help injured workers who are off work and need psychological support tackle the everyday challenges of their recovery, researchers have found.

Working during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic caused considerable distress to many workers, but some psychosocial working conditions actually improved, pointing to strategies employers can implement to help staff cope with high-stress situations, according to a longitudinal study.

Modest reductions in daily working hours can address conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, while workplace health programs can help sustain the benefits, according to an interventional study.

Being supported by supervisors is the "catalyst" activating workers' motivation to behave safely and prioritise reducing the risk of incidents, a study of more than 300 workers in a high-hazard sector has found.