Category: Safety

Identifying Indicators of Mental Health & Wellbeing issues

Mental Health is an emerging WHS risk that has the potential to adversely impact organisations within any industry. With an average compensation…

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SNG Report – Mental Health at Work

The first Safety Networking Group meeting for 2016 was held on 26 February, hosted by QRMC. Topics included a 'Mental Health at…

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Managing Contractors – how to get it right

Most organisations look after the health and safety of their staff well, but it can be a different story when there are…

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Management of Psychosocial Risks

Psychosocial hazards such as bullying and harassment in the workplace represent a WHS risk as potentially damaging as any physical injury. However,…

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Developing Wellbeing Programs

In recent years, the development and implementation of workplace wellness or wellbeing programs has emerged as a mechanism to address the longer-term…

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Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces

Mental ill health in workers can have an enormous impact on the individual, their colleagues and customers, and the performance of the…

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SNG Report

The third quarter Safety Networking Group meeting was held on 21 August, hosted by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland. Brad Bick, the…

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Sedentary work risks

Workplace health and safety risks such as manual handling and injuries from interactions with plant equipment and vehicles have been recognised since…

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Workspaces and worker wellbeing

Almost all organisations have experienced the phenomenon of worker ‘presenteeism’, whereby a worker is present at the workplace but not really fulfilling…

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