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An employer that holds lunchtime yoga sessions, and encourages workers to volunteer for a community initiative during business hours, has reduced absenteeism and increased productivity.

Many Australian workers believe employers are 'letting them down' by not taking health and wellbeing seriously, while nearly one in four workers in some industries believe their jobs are making them ill, a new study has found.

Employers are being reminded, on World Mental Health Day today, that they will receive an average return of $2.30 for every dollar they invest in workplace mental health initiatives, while those that do nothing are likely to have higher absence and claims rates.

Employers are being urged to prevent sedentary workers from sitting for prolonged periods, and ensure workplace lighting isn't damaging people's eyes.

An employer that claimed an employee's fatal cardiac arrhythmia could not have been caused by work stress - because Australian workers would be "dropping down like flies" if work-related anxiety caused sudden death - has been ordered to compensate the man's family.

An injured worker, whose medical assessment "changed dramatically" after she was warned that her job was under threat, was fairly dismissed for failing to engage in her employer's efforts to properly determine her fitness, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An increasing number of employers are admitting that they won't consider hiring someone with a mental illness because they believe the person might have a breakdown or take too many sick days, according to new Australian research.

Australian researchers have developed a special hierarchy of controls for tackling psychosocial hazards such as bullying and harassment, and outlined a best-practice approach to risk assessment.

An employer has reported reducing its recordable injury frequency rate by 22 per cent, largely by targeting muscular stress injuries arising from manual handling.

A global report has outlined eight ways that employers can transform work spaces into "environments that positively encourage health and wellbeing, and stimulate productivity".