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The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has illustrated how "incredibly important" it is to foster healthy psychosocial environments at work, according to Comcare's CEO.

PCBUs' incident notification duties could soon be amended to capture a much broader range of incidents and require periodic reporting of matters like workplace bullying and traumatic events.

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.

• Comcare WHS case studies reveal psychosocial failings;
  
• WHS regulations and protections covered by gold and lead probe; and
  
• ACTU re-demands stone bans after alarming US findings.

A worker who sustained a psychological injury, after her employer started monitoring her work schedule, has won her bid for compensation, with a commission finding the actions of her team leader didn't constitute a "performance appraisal" invoking the reasonable-action defence.

Studies involving the experiences of nearly 15,000 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic have identified key lessons for preventing burnout in the "post-pandemic" workplace, including by mitigating "moral distress".

A worker has been granted interim stop-bullying orders creating communication restrictions and blocking disciplinary actions against her, with a commissioner expressing "genuine concern" for her safety in the absence of orders.

Many PCBUs that diligently helped their workers establish safe home workspaces for the COVID-19 pandemic treated this as a "set-and-forget task", failing to "continually" discharge their safety duties, according to two WHS lawyers, who explain what businesses can and must do to tackle the post-pandemic surge in work-related mental health issues.

Workers with high "mental toughness" have lower perceived stress levels and a higher quality of life, and researchers have identified the specific techniques that help to build it.

• Company fined $600k after three workers injured on island;
  
• Hierarchy-of-control amendments made in NT; and
  
• WHS inspectors target toilets and fall risks in SA.