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Do you know what to do in a workplace emergency such as a fire or bomb threat? Watch this webcast to learn efficient workplace emergency planning strategies and the best way to communicate them to workers.

Australian employees value mentally healthy workplaces more than performance rewards or short commuting times, and are highly likely to leave a job that negatively affects their mental health, a new study has found.

US researchers, and an Australian yoga instructor, have highlighted the importance of "prompting" workers to stand and stretch to reduce unhealthy sedentary time.

A national employer has reduced its workers' comp claims rate and costs by ensuring its injury management consultants contact all relevant parties within 24 hours of an injury or illness being reported.

Employers are being urged to embrace technology - rather than stick-figure drawings - to ensure injured workers adhere to their prescribed exercises.

Employers are being warned that workers with gambling problems are at increased risk of disrupting their colleagues, taking more sick leave and being dishonest.

Workplace ostracism is more common and more harmful to employee health and wellbeing than harassment, according to Canadian researchers.

The average office desk has four hundred times more bacteria than a toilet seat and is likely to house the common cold virus, making workers sick, an economic-impact report says.

A new guide has outlined numerous steps different types of workplaces can take to prevent and respond to work-related violence.

Employers can tackle workplace s-xual harassment, reducing sick and stress leave and workers' comp claims in the process, by following six simple steps, according to a guide developed under a national strategy.