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Japanese researchers claim to have identified a "hidden burden" on business - the high proportion of workers who haven't been diagnosed with depression but experience symptoms of major depressive disorder.

Coronial reports on two of the hundreds of deaths resulting from falls from ladders in Australia in the last decade have highlighted the importance of complying with the relevant Standards and WHS Codes of Practice - in both work and home maintenance settings.

A study on the link between excessive work hours, alcohol abuse and injuries shows employees shouldn't work more than 48 hours a week, including overtime, European researchers say.

Monash University's much anticipated study on firefighters' health has found that career firefighters are significantly more likely than the general population to suffer from prostate cancer or melanoma, but not leukaemia.

Employers should play their part in tackling the incidence of cancer by "nudging" workers to make healthy choices, such as quitting smoking and exercising regularly, instead of "pushing" them, a report says.

Chronic pain affects one in three people and has a "profound" impact on the workplace, but a major study of nearly 35,000 workers has found that supervisors who create trusting environments can significantly reduce recurring pain among subordinates.

Too few workplace health and safety professionals are trained in how to design and introduce prevention programs to tackle health risks, international researchers have found.

Employers are being urged to assess whether their work processes are encouraging employees to break safety rules, after a Safe Work Australia report found a link between risk taking and high fatality and injury rates.

National Mental Health Commission chair Professor Allan Fels has called for employers to prioritise reducing the "huge impact" of mental ill health on productivity, and released a major report outlining six strategies for creating mentally healthy workplaces.

A parliamentary committee has warned that a gap in safety legislation is exposing FIFO workers to bullying and other risks at accommodation facilities, and accused Rio Tinto of 'underplaying' the impact of FIFO work on mental health.