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In a world first, researchers have launched the Basel Fairness Questionnaire (BFQ), a survey...
Following international treatment guidelines reduces the risk of transition from short to long...
Might more ZZZs or less fatigue help workers with pain from musculoskeletal disorders recover...
After rigorously comparing all the relevant, good quality evidence available in 2020, a team of...
Fixing the workplace or fixing the person: which is a more effective way to prevent lower back pain?
Clinical treatment combined with workplace changes is the most promising approach for improving...
Canadian researchers explore organisational perspectives on talking about episodic disability at...
Evidence accumulates against arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, a common surgical procedure...
Neck X-rays show that changes to the cervical spine are common, and become more common and more...
It's a tough job with few supports, and far too little research into health and wellbeing...
Common treatments for fibromyalgia lack a strong evidence base but exercise and antidepressants...
Feeling one way and having to act another is a hallmark of call centre work. The resulting...
For ambulance workers, mental health issues result not just from exposure to traumatic events,...
Phone triage is an effective gateway to early intervention, securing cost and recovery benefits...
Research from NSW shows that early intervention saves money and improves health when it's...
A risk assessment tool that ordinary, under-pressure case managers can use.
More Australian research supports the link between mental health struggles amongst workers'...
Multi-component vocational rehabilitation programs that intervene early and improve coordination...
A screening tool developed in Australia could help workers’ compensation systems and treating...
Motivational interviewing is very beneficial, according to injured workers who need practical...
Disclosing a mental illness has potential benefits (increased understanding, improved support)...
A promising new digital care program that monitors exercise and offers personal health coaching...
Exercise is effective in reducing pain and improving function with many types of chronic pain –...
Managers focused on workers' bad attitudes may miss opportunities to control the organisational...
Osteoarthritis is a top-ten cause of disability worldwide. With an ageing workforce, employers...
More than half of FIFO workers report bullying at work, which triples worker-reported suicide...
Work that places strain on the lower back reduces work ability more than other types of physical...
Treaters and RTW professionals who want to promote safe and timely RTW amongst people with PTSD...
Psychiatric nurses who report the most mental health symptoms see more barriers to seeking help...
Tackle the psychosocial work environment if you want to see higher productivity, less sickness...
Anxiety and depression commonly go together but can be daunting to treat. A Dutch depression...
Caring, off-the-cuff and worried about finances: how SMEs manage cancer-related sickness absence...
Macho workplace cultures and frictional compensation systems yield financial and emotional...
Nine takeaways from US research comparing the perspectives of claims leaders to those on the...
Around a quarter of work absence due to shoulder injury could be prevented if organisations...
Stroke is becoming more common in working age individuals. How likely is RTW, and what sorts of...
Workers with psychological injuries have worse experiences of the RTW process than those with...
Supportive employers see more RTW. Now Australian research has identified what influences the...
A Canadian expert in men's health, workplace stress and resilience explains how organisational...
Large Australian study links low job control to higher mortality risk.