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A project creating well-fitting 3D-printed work wear and sound-absorbing furniture for "recovery spaces" has shown the design phase is key to creating tools for preventing workplace injuries from psychosocial hazards.

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Timely support, connectedness and meaningful suitable duties for injured workers have been driving an award-winning employer's progress since it moved its return-to-work processes in-house, its people boss has revealed.

A large employer is holding leaders accountable for creating safe and healthy environments for workers and starting "intentional" conversations to promote learning while exercising due diligence.

A global biopharma company has reduced repetitive strain injuries at an Australian site by 95 per cent, after implementing steps - under a broader comprehensive program - to mitigate the psychosocial risk factors from a repetitive task.

An award-winning global labour-hire company utilises its whole business to support injured workers returning to work, often helping them flourish in their careers, its national workers' compensation manager says.

An employer of 9,000 workers used annual health and wellbeing challenges to engage workers and both identify and notify those who might need support.

A major law firm has implemented special WHS procedures for its lawyers to respond to clients threatening suicide, self-harm and violence, and provides them with vicarious trauma training, to protect them from psychological injury.

An organisation in an industry with unique physical and emotional hazards is designing out manual handling tasks and improving workers' psychological health through research projects and other strategies, its executive general manager of health, safety and sustainability has revealed.

The COVID-19 support initiatives an Australian health service implemented for its workers had an overwhelming positive impact on wellbeing, with more than three-quarters reporting improvements to their mental health and ability to cope with pandemic-related stress and anxiety, a study has found.