A company made work easier and less stressful for workers dealing with the high cognitive demands of their job, by streamlining its procedures and reducing task complexity, according to its quality manager.
A unique study has found emergency workers are less likely than community members to suffer severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after natural and man-made disasters, providing clues to improving worker resilience and safety across all industries.
> Workplace stress training urged for World Mental Health Day; > Alerts with tips issued after trench and formwork collapse; and > Safe ladder system among WHS and RTW winners in Qld.
A worker who claimed she was bullied and abused at work for a decade has been granted permission to sue her former employer over her mental injuries, more than three years after the limitation period ended.
Swedish stress experts have identified a number of working conditions that contribute to worker burnout and must be monitored to avoid work-related mental illness.
Laboratory tests of workers' hair for drugs can't differentiate active drug use from environmental contamination, and should only be used as "complementary information", according to expert evidence highlighted in an important unfair dismissal case.
A tribunal has found a worker's repetitive computer and mouse work caused her tennis elbow, and her regional pain syndrome arose from that injury rather than her non-work-related anxiety.
> Identify and control workplace methamphetamine risks; > Dust blitz includes surprise visits, WHS notice blocks vehicle use; and > Mobile scaffold warning issued after fatality.
A judge has highlighted four serious concerns with an employer's drug and alcohol policy, in ruling that an injured worker wasn't guilty of serious and wilful misconduct in refusing to undergo a urine test ahead of his return to work.
Workers who disclose being victims of domestic violence don't need their managers to solve their problems, just an "empathetic ear" and prompt access to family and domestic violence leave, according to the director of a not-for-profit that supports female workers.
