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New evidence suggests workplace managers can do a better job at screening workers for mental health issues than traditional screening tools, which have questionable benefits for mental health, according to trauma experts from the UK and Australia.

Combined individual- and organisation-level interventions are the most effective strategies to reduce exhaustion and occupational burnout, a new study shows.

• Record-shattering fatality fines upheld by Supreme Court; and
  
• Annual workplace fatality toll increases, 1,850 killed in 10 years.

Employers have been urged to consider the multiplicative effects that exposure to multiple occupational hazards - ranging from night work and noise to solvents and heavy metals - have on the development of one of the world's most common serious health conditions, with a unique study finding the risks arise even with low-level exposures.

Workers are at high risk of developing long-term mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression when exposed to trauma, morally injurious events and institutional betrayal, which often involves organisational inaction, a study has found.

• Climate change powers proposed for WHS committees; and
  
• WHS inspectors to wear cameras in SA.

Assigning "human supervisors" for drones will mitigate some of the emerging safety risks associated with the increasing use of the aerial vehicles in workplace settings, according to Europe's peak safety agency.

The authors of an Australian study say they have added to "reassuring" findings around the possible cancer links to highly prevalent occupational exposures to electrical fields and the use of electrical appliances.

One in four workers suffer health symptoms linked to the indoor air at their workplace, but factors beyond air quality could be to blame for some symptoms, while a range of treatments and supports can tackle more severe conditions, European researchers say.

Printer toner and mould are among a range of workplaces substances that can trigger an abnormal autoimmune response in workers and lead to the development of a serious inflammatory disease, UK researchers have found.