A worker has been granted permission to sue her employer for her bullying-related psychological disorder, despite numerous stressful events in her personal life contributing to her condition. Meanwhile, an employer has failed to convince a commission that previous investigations showed a worker's anti-bullying application was vexatious.
A senior HSE advisor sustained a psychological injury after being pressured to fast-track the engagement of a new asbestos-removal contractor on the National Broadband Network, a tribunal has found in another case relying on the recently clarified admin-action test.
The effect of stress on cortisol levels could explain the elevated risk of breast cancer among female white-collar workers, according to European researchers.
Employers need to scrap the "one size fits all" approach to workplace health and safety issues and take gender differences into account, a new UK guide says.
Proactively targeting psychosocial risk is a far more efficient workplace injury-prevention strategy than focusing on "downstream factors" like "emotional exhaustion once manifested", an Australian study has found.
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been linked to respiratory symptoms persisting in first-responders, workers and community members exposed to dust and fumes during the September 11 World Trade Centre terrorist attacks nearly 16 years ago.
An international survey has identified a dramatic shift in the types of work-related health problems seen by occupational medical specialists in Australia and other countries, with "traditional" problems like lung disease being overtaken by an epidemic of stress and burnout.
