For employees, health in the workplace is essential precisely because we spend so much of our lives at work. For employers, worker health is an important determinant of productivity.
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Organizations may gain an advantage by not investing in worker health, instead simply replacing burned-out employees with new ones in order to ensure a supply of healthy employees.
Regulations protecting children in hazardous jobs are insufficient or non-existent, leaving, a significant part of the Australian workforce open to exploitation.
Some teens get tendinitis from scooping ice cream.
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Chlorine is a widely used industrial chemical that’s frequently a factor in toxic accidents and workplace injuries. A pharmaceutical expert explains why it’s so hazardous.
Research on both sides of the globe shows that unmanageable workloads is the main reason why many ambulance service staff are considering quitting the profession.
The electronic monitoring and surveillance of employees is on the rise as growing numbers of people switch to hybrid and at-home work.
Drivers that juggle driving with another job were more likely to run red lights and carry weapons, such as knives, for safety reasons. These behaviours pose risks not only to drivers, but also to the public.
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Our research with 124 Australian hospitality staff found women bar workers were routinely seen as ‘better suited’ to manage the threat of violence - which is both risky and exploitative.
Work doesn’t have to make you feel burned out.
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Manufacturers don’t usually have to disclose what’s in products like shampoo and household cleaners, but a new study finds that these products can contain hazardous ingredients.
On April 28, Canadians remember and honour those who have been killed or suffered injuries or illness at work.
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Telling others about an autism diagnosis can lead to understanding and support, but it also exposes the Autistic person to greater risks of discrimination and bullying.
Work-related safety precautions can lead to riskier behaviors on the job.
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If you feel safer, you might take more risks – canceling out the benefits of various safety interventions. But educating people about this paradox and allowing for some personal choice might help.
Children are among waste pickers exposed to hazards while working at the Olusosun landfill. Photo by: Lionel Healing/AFP.
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Employing children as waste pickers lowers costs but exposes them to hazards.
Building safer workplaces requires leaders who understand how years of resource constraints, unhealthy work environments, abuse from patients and a pandemic have contributed to overwhelming burnout and job dissatisfaction among workers.
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The future of our health system depends on recruiting and retaining passionate and highly skilled health-care workers. It’s essential to build work environments where they feel supported and safe.
Young workers are particularly vulnerable in the workplace because they tend to do short-term work, often lack training and safety education, and may see injury as just “part of the job.”
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne