An injured worker's employment conditions after a council amalgamation, including an increased workload and having to use new software she couldn't get the hang of, did not fall within the meaning of reasonable actions taken with respect to her transfer, a commission has found.
A court has rejected a worker's claim that his employer took adverse action against him by sacking him after he took sick leave, after the employer was able to demonstrate his illness "played no part" in the dismissal.
A worker has been awarded nearly $2 million in damages, after a court found his employer negligently allowed a defective alarm to be left unattended in an office, resulting in him sustaining whiplash injuries when it was accidentally activated.
Male white-collar workers are the least physically active group of the ageing workforce, placing them at high risk of early disability retirement, European researchers say.
From a study spanning 30 years, European researchers have warned that the link between back pain and work disability has been underestimated. They urge the use of interventions that identify recurrent back pain and help sufferers remain in employment.
Open plan offices can be detrimental to workers' health and wellbeing and make them prone to bullying, according to an organisational psychologist. She urges employers rolling out such arrangements to "do it right".
Computer programs that prompt sedentary workers to take a "movement break" lower workers' blood pressure, and are especially beneficial for those who can't or don't exercise enough, Australian researchers say.
In a scathing judgment, a Fair Work Commission deputy president has warned employers that allowing seemingly "insignificant incidents", like workplace pranks and crude nicknames, can lead to a culture of systemic bullying and covert harassment.
Employers have been urged to expressly discourage workers from checking work emails in their own time, after researchers found that merely believing they need to affects the wellbeing of workers and their families.
