The work environment is a social determinant of health. However, work has been underused as a lever to address health inequalities.
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While a workplace fatality is a great tragedy, an even greater tragedy is not learning from it.
“June-tired” has taken on a whole new meaning for educators this year. What can be done this summer to help them recharge and recover?
The pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives, and new study shows it’s also changed workplace dynamics — mostly to the detriment of workers.
AMP’s sexual harassment scandal is symptomatic of a systemic failing in how workplace sexual harassment is regulated and managed.
Tens of millions of Americans who have been telecommuting during the pandemic are beginning to head back to the office – even though COVID-19 remains a threat.
Better public awareness about Australian jellyfish is vital, especially as many Aussies head to the beach for likely the last time this Easter.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, improvements have been made. But workers compensation is still to happen.
Understanding the hazards and risks of pesticides is vital for people using them on crops.
We already know the solutions to stem the exploitation of migrant workers, and they involve changes at both the employer and government level.
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University
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Research scientist, University of Tasmania
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Research Officer, Monash University
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Head of the Environmental Health Division & Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex
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Associate Professsor of Law, University of Southern Queensland
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Doctoral Researcher RMIT University; Senior Researcher Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, RMIT University
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Professor Emeritus School of Labour Studies and Department of Economics, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Engineering Safety and Risk Management, University of Alberta
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Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy, George Washington University
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Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Professor, Psychosocial Medicine, Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
