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Workers who are underweight are likely to be less productive than healthy, overweight, or even severely obese workers, a major UK study has found.

Exposure to traffic noise increases the risk of abdominal obesity, European researchers have found. They say people exposed to multiple noise sources are at particularly high risk of increasing waist sizes, and noise could cause a range of other health problems.

With South Australia's new workers' comp laws taking effect in a matter of weeks, ReturnToWork SA's chair has outlined three areas employers should focus on to ensure they're ready for the new scheme.

Employers should ensure their internal or external employee assistance programs go beyond supporting workers through counselling, and tackle negative trends in the workplace, an EAP provider's chief executive says.

• NSW Bill kicks off chemicals harmonisation process;
  
• Morley Galleria alert extended to NSW; and
  
• Lend Lease rejects ETU safety claims.

Employee stress levels relating to 13 out of 16 work factors identified by the American Psychological Association - including problems with co-workers and dangerous conditions - have increased over the last three years, according to a new report.

A recent study, which found many workers in the riskiest jobs know little about safety, has highlighted the need for OHS practitioners to develop better educational resources, such as online Q&As, according to a safety researcher.

• Don't overlook safety when budgets are tight, NOPSEMA warns;
  
• Heavy vehicle fatality rate rises sharply;
  
• Employers warned of high fines under Operation Austrans; and
  
• Time running out to register for OHS Alert webinar.

A worker has been awarded compensation for a spine infection, after a tribunal found it was likely a work incident caused the condition "to seed" in her body.

• Prevention of adverse action claims better than cure; and
  
• Capacity certificates to speed up RTW in SA.