Tag: workplace-health-and-safety

An innovative program to improve the safety of council’s outdoor workers has achieved a 32 per cent year-on-year decrease in workplace injuries.

A national survey conducted by the Australia Institute found that only one in five Australians are working the hours they want to work. Half of all survey respondents wanted to…

  By Brad McDougall Research shows that 31 per cent of Australian employers are now offering some form of health promotion benefits to employees. But how do these early adapters…

By Grant Brecht Statistics show that in Australia mental health problems are indeed on the rise. The National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing conducted by the Australian Bureau of…

By Angela Dorizas If you’re not watching your weight, you’re gaining weight. That’s the mantra of Scott Penn, founder and chairman of online weight-loss program provider, SP Health, and former…

By Angela Dorizas Australian workers are struggling to strike a balance between work and life, a national survey has found. Launched today at an event hosted by the Committee for…

Government departments at all levels will soon be impacted by a national OHS regime. Craig Donaldson looks at what it will mean for the public sector and examines the hallmarks of good…

By Angela Dorizas The New South Wales Government must set new injury management targets for public sector chief executives and hold them and their ministers to account on performance, the…

By Rob O'Brien Victorian workers have been given a scare by a State Government-run health program which has found a high percentage don’t exercise enough with a number of people asked…

By Angela Dorizas Research in the UK has shown that flexible work arrangements have a positive effect on the health and wellbeing of employees. The Cochrane Collaboration research team conducted ten…