A senior departmental officer has assured critics of the SRC Amendment Bill that Comcare has the expertise and resources to regulate complex, heavy industries.
A global report has outlined eight ways that employers can transform work spaces into "environments that positively encourage health and wellbeing, and stimulate productivity".
The High Court's decision in Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker has "allayed the fears" of employers by blocking a new avenue for them to be sued over workplace bullying and other issues, according to Sparke Helmore Lawyers.
Employers should conduct standing meetings and provide workers with regular breaks that involve walking to reduce sedentary time, say Australian researchers.
Work health and safety interventions should focus on either physical or psychological health, depending on how old the targeted workers are, a new Australian report says.
US researchers, and an Australian yoga instructor, have highlighted the importance of "prompting" workers to stand and stretch to reduce unhealthy sedentary time.
A Victorian employer was entitled to assume a worker was capable of performing a managerial role without sustaining a stress-related psych injury, the Court of Appeal has ruled in dismissing the worker's damages claim.
Workers who spend most of their working hours sitting down aren't compensating for this by increasing their physical activity during non-work hours, increasing the risk of their work performance being impaired, UK researchers say.
A Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions solicitor was unfairly sacked for "misconduct" after his bouts of depression affected his work performance, attendance and conduct, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
