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Safe Work Australia, in a new report, has found that workers responsible for the safety of others are more likely to make mental stress claims, and urges employers to tackle the sources of stress.

In the lead up to the busy Easter holiday period, and in light of a recent fatality, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is urging employers to ensure safe practices are in place at roadwork sites. It also advises employers to reduce the risks of psychological injury through supervisory support and other measures.

A truck driver, whose workers' comp payments were suspended when he refused to undertake a RTW program, has had his appeal dismissed in the AAT. Also in this article, a Telstra team leader who took 154 sick leave days has lost her bid for workers' compensation.

The Western Australian District Court has found a nurse's roster was changed unfairly, and her managers treated staff in a "heavy-handed" way, but rejected her $1.6 million psychiatric injury claim.

The common assumption that one long sleep every day is the best way to recover from work-related fatigue could be flawed, according to Australian researchers, who are investigating the advantages of "split" work-rest schedules.

Respect and sense of purpose reduces stress rates; SWA finalises Code and releases fact sheets, reports; and Essential safety news from six jurisdictions.

A Queensland police officer, who disappeared after taking stress leave, had been provided with adequate employer support and a "well thought out" return-to-work program, a coronial inquest has found.

Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.

A Western Australian worker who was sacked after being on sick leave and leave without pay for 30 months has won his unfair dismissal claim, after the State IRC found his absence was "authorised".

Employers that improve workplace communication and provide supervisors with training on mental health are effectively tackling stress, Japanese researchers have found.