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A US study has found a direct correlation between workplace health and wellbeing programs, which include health assessments, and workers' weight loss.

Labour-law expert Professor Ron McCallum has given the OHS harmonisation process the "thumbs up", but expressed dismay at Victoria's reluctance to adopt the new laws. Also in this article, manufacturing employers and others have been warned they could be captured by the model Act's broad definition of "construction work".

SA department fined heavily after student falls 4.5m; SWMS requirement overlooked by hundreds of Victorian employers; National Rail Safety Week encouraging people to use their brains; and FSC accreditation scheme applied to 800 projects.

A NSW scientist who took 21 months off work due to "widespread musculoskeletal pain" has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected, after the IRC found her employer took reasonable steps to accommodate her limitations.

The ACT will become the "work safety capital of Australia" under a plan to crack down on psychosocial hazards and provide levy-funded health and safety training, according to the Greens.

Repeat OHS offender in Queensland fined $120k after two more incidents; WorkCover NSW investigating industrial estate death; Comcare leads by example with workplace move; and New Western Australian Resources Safety boss appointed.

Workplace bullying victims and witnesses in Victoria are being encouraged - on the first anniversary of the introduction of Brodie's law - to "take a stand", while the federal inquiry on bullying has heard, in Perth and Adelaide, that the problem is rife among younger workers.

Employers urged to act with "horrendous" flu season forecast; and Essential safety news from around Australia.

OHS shortcuts reduce business saleability, lawyers warn; Two more model Codes of Practice take effect; and Funds injected into workplace suicide-prevention program.

Employers have been advised to educate shift workers on cardiovascular problems to stop early manifestations of disease, after a Canadian study of more than two million people found shift work is linked to heart attacks and strokes.