A parliamentary inquiry into the alleged "cancer cluster" and other safety issues at Victoria's Fiskville Training College has identified widespread concerns about poor OHS training and careless handling of dangerous substances at the college.
Employers are being advised to establish a "workplace heat alert system", after Australian researchers found occupational heat illness claims increase by nearly 13 per cent for every one-degree rise in temperature during hot conditions.
Employers can prevent worker stress escalating and becoming chronic by training employees to avoid resorting to passive coping strategies, Italian researchers say.
A young worker who died after being left to operate a forklift alone in an industrial freezer hadn't received OHS or forklift training, the NSW Coroner has found.
Western Australia's proposed mirror WHS laws for the resources sector should include a duty of care at worker accommodation facilities, suicide-specific provisions and a special Code of Practice that addresses rosters, fatigue and bullying, the parliamentary inquiry into FIFO arrangements has recommended.
Budget constraints are the biggest barrier to reducing workplace fatigue. To tackle this, managers must first understand how the issue affects their workforce and then convince their companies it needs to be addressed, webinar delegates have heard.
The Ai Group has, in a submission to an inquiry into the illegal drug ice, criticised the CFMEU's new "impairment policy" as "far from 'best practice'", while the TWU has accused the employer body of "forcing" some workers to take drugs to tackle fatigue.
An "alarming" new report has identified the urgent need for employers to implement health and wellbeing initiatives, after finding more than half of Australian workers are overweight or obese and have moderate to high stress levels.
