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Workers in ambulance services are most likely to use mental health support when it is embedded...
Evidence shows empathy improves care. But the real challenge is embedding it across teams and...
A framework offers 10 practical principles for lasting change in how healthcare organisations...
Support is vital for people with chronic pain who are returning to work. But what does ‘support’...
The success of the Mates in Construction program offers valuable lessons for addressing mental...
A study reveals how deeply embedded unfairness in police organisations threatens both the...
A study highlights the importance of support from co-workers and direct supervisors in...
An under-recognised workplace injury — moral injury and post-traumatic embitterment disorder —...
When workers feel their employer truly cares about protecting their mental health everyone is...
Interventions for mental health issues must address the individual, organisational and systemic...
A study highlights the importance of addressing ‘moral injury’, organisational practices and...
A sense of injustice is common among injured workers and can prolong their suffering. What...
A study suggests it’s time for a rethink on what causes distress in first responders and how to...
Supervisors, senior managers and workplace culture play an important role in how well workers do...
A study identifies some new psychosocial risks in hospitality jobs and proposes a way to assess...
Evidence shows that a caring environment can have a powerful impact on workers’ mental health...
Bullying increases the risk of workers getting sick and taking time off from work, both in the...
A study reveals that workers of colour are less likely to return to work after illness or injury.
Leaders’ behaviours can influence employees — and also prevent workplace injuries — through...
A new study found that conflicts in the workplace — particularly with supervisors — are an...
How different are the RTW experiences of workers with work-related psychological injuries and...
Depression, anxiety, stress-related disorders. Work can be the problem or the solution if you...
For ambulance workers, mental health issues result not just from exposure to traumatic events,...
Macho workplace cultures and frictional compensation systems yield financial and emotional...
High levels of mental exertion depression are rife amongst taxi drivers, but greater workplace...
Teams built on trust and cooperation - i.e. teams with high social capital - have less long term...
Before your organisation invests in supervisor training, ask whether the organisational culture...
Mental health capabilities, culture, policies and procedures are lacking compared to leadership...
A University of Wollongong survey shows employees with access to flexible working hours are in...
A Swedish study has highlighted the link between lacklustre organisational environments...
The evidence says you should improve workplace culture, clearly define roles and put better...
A Danish study debunks the myth that managers are often more stressed than employees.
Who is more pessimistic about the impact of cancer on working life: cancer survivors or...
Changes in psychosocial aspects of work affect employee health and wellbeing
Employer reactions can determine RTW outcomes: making workers welcome matters
Good organisational leadership reduces sick leave and disability
According to one study, only 52% of work related injury and illness gets reported
Job satisfaction and engagement both influence work attendance.
This study identified a range of factors that influence when workers with neck and low-back...
Management and supervisors overestimate the level of satisfaction workers have in their jobs.