Occupational health and safety
Alternative labels
Workplace health and safety
Industrial safety
Report
"Just another day in retail": understanding and addressing workplace sexual harassment in the Australian retail industry
This report finds that sexual harassment in retail is common, normalised and harmful. It calls for employers and industry stakeholders to prevent and respond to the potential harms, including to employee wellbeing, career progression and earnings, and team cohesion.
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Problems at work: young people, employment and legal need
This paper examines the experience of employment problems that raise legal issues for people aged 18 to 24. The authors explore problem prevalence, adverse consequences, including impacts to mental health, what, if anything, was done to try to resolve employment problems, and what the outcomes were.
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Workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment: perpetration, responses and prevention
Ever evolving technologies in the workplace create new mediums for sexual harassment, and employers and staff need support on how to prevent and respond to the potential harms. This research offers crucial insights to aid Australian employers and policy-makers in understanding and combating workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment (WTFSH) effectively.
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Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate
This report presents critical evidence related to the impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, to bring attention to the global health threat workers are currently facing. The report authors argue that targeted policies, laws and regulations are needed, alongside effective workplace preventive measures, to protect workers from the serious impacts of climate...
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Effectiveness of SafeWork NSW in exercising its compliance functions
This report assesses how effectively SafeWork NSW has performed its regulatory compliance functions for work health and safety in New South Wales. The report includes a case study examining SafeWork NSW's management of a project to develop a real-time monitoring device for airborne silica in workplaces.