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Working long hours makes workers significantly more prone to psychological distress and "depersonalisation", a UK study has found.

A judge has found that it would be unjust and unreasonable for an employer to continue varying a worker's roster for safety reasons - relating to a domestic violence incident - because it hadn't developed a safety plan in consultation with the man.

A worker was guilty of serious safety breaches in failing to report his fatigue to a supervisor, and sleeping for more than two hours during a shift, a commission has found in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.

• New workplace resources launched for R U OK?Day; and
  
• Petitioners demand prompt action on FIFO safety Code.

An employer breached its duty of care in failing to prevent a worker, who was on call 24 hours a day, from working up to 70 hours a week and developing a psychiatric injury, the Victorian Supreme Court has found.

A shift worker, whose second job as an Uber driver was discovered when he picked up a manager, was fairly sacked for failing to respond to his employer's concerns about fatigue, a commission has found.

A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld the dismissal of a worker accused of smoking synthetic cannabis "at or near" his workplace, after he crashed into two residential properties while driving home after night shift.

An employer has reduced its unplanned sick leave by eight per cent in six months after carrying out a company-wide health check.

No single "silver bullet" can eliminate the impact of shift work on workers' health and wellbeing, but organisational interventions like careful scheduling, controlled lighting and special training can help, according to researchers.

• Employers reminded of fatigue-related safety duties; and
  
• Regulator launches fall-prevention blitz.