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Last year wasn't a great year for work safety in Australia, with the death toll increasing in three industries and at least one jurisdiction.

• Employer fined over OHS breaches caught on film;
  
• Older worker accused of being workers' comp threat; and
  
• Vic's safest and most innovative employers announced.

Workers who have limited contact with their colleagues are at an increased risk of developing dementia, Danish researchers have found.

Will your workforce be the same in 10 years' time, and do you want it to be? This is a question employers must ask themselves under their injury-prevention strategies, according to a claims management specialist.

A worker who claimed his supervisor held a gun to his chest, and repeatedly bullied him for being "too old" to return to work after being injured, has been awarded workers' compensation.

Ninety-nine per cent of an award-winning safety regulator's workforce now view health as an important part of their lifestyle, after the organisation implemented a program combining basic wellbeing initiatives with emerging health trends, according to its corporate occupational safety and health manager.

Only one in three women feel comfortable talking about menopause at work, and many would welcome having a workplace support person to talk to about the difficulties of working while menopausal, a major UK survey has revealed.

• Catastrophic injury and pension Bill receives assent;
  
• New WHS Code of Practice commencing in Qld; and
  
• Rail safety laws amended nationally and in Qld.

• Inquiry demands better safety and flexibility for older workers;
  
• Employers urged to make online "safety promise", and act on it; and
  
• Two in three respondents want workplace health programs.

The Federal Government has introduced a Bill to align compensation laws with the national insurance scheme for catastrophically injured workers, and ensure older injured workers don't lose their benefits before they reach the pension age.