Has one of your workers been injured outside of work and do you, as a business have an obligation to provide assistance to your worker? A non-work related injury/illness is defined as an injury or illness that did not arise out of or in the course of the workers employment.
As businesses continue to be impacted as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), many businesses have been rushing to implement initiatives such as employees working from home. Given the business climate uncertainty it is easy to overlook important HR and obligations employers have which we have summarised.
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If you are reading this, there is a high chance you work on a computer for a large amount of your day. If you don’t, there is still a high chance you are looking at a screen for some part for your day.
(more…)Independent research shows Mental Illness is the fastest growing workplace injury and is costing hundreds of billions per year.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has welcomed some recommendations from the Productivity Commission, including no-liability treatment for mental health injuries and claims.
Psychological health and safety should be treated with the same importance as physical health and safety and WHS in the workplace.
ACTU conducted a survey this year and I was found that over 60% of respondents had experienced mental illness due to their employer failing to manage psycho-social hazards in the workplace. It was also found in this survey that nearly half of participants felt their employers were not prepared to support workers experiencing mental illness in the workplace.
A professionally organised Warm Up Program can improve workers health & wellbeing. With numerous benefits, key Warm Up Program outcomes can include reduced absenteeism, workplace injuries & workers compensation claim related costs
ABILITY GROUP’s team was proud to recently participate in Anytime Fitness’ 24 Hour Treadmill Challenge. Given we support people with mental health issues (both at work & in personal lives), all of us proudly #treadtogether in raising funds to help prevent suicide.