Recently SafetyAtWorkBlog reported on stress issues in Tasmanian teachers. Victorian data has been revealed of stress in the education profession through The Age newspaperr on 6 July 2010. Apparently stress claims for school principals have cost $A2.4 million since 2005. One principal said the claims are likely to be under-reported as a stress claim … Continue reading “School principals seek solutions to workplace stress”
On 21 May 2010, Boardroom Radio (BRR) released a podcast on workplace bullying that includes opinions from some worthy speakers. Andrew Douglas, Managing Director at Douglas LPT; Wayne Blair, Fair Work Australia Commissioner; Gail Hubble, Barrister; and Anna Palmer, HR Consultant, at Provenio Consulting Some of the questions are a little peculiar such as whether current generations are more “vulnerable” to bullying. … Continue reading “Australian roundtable podcast on workplace bullying”
Yesterday’s article on positive training programs and behaviour-based safety (BBS) has generated a great deal of interest and attention. The article’s title should maybe have specified the “OHS context”. Like with Return-To-Work, OHS professionals need BBS and positive training to be explained to their understanding so they see how it fits with their own … Continue reading “How to make positive training programs attractive to OHS professionals”
Yesterday Associate Professor Tony LaMontagne spoke at the monthly networking meeting of the Central Safety Group in Australia. His presentation was based around his research into job stress and its relationship with mental health. LaMontagne was talking about the dominant position in personnel management where negative thoughts generate a negative working environment, one of stress, dissatisfaction and lower productivity. SafetyAtWorkBlog … Continue reading “Behavioural-based safety put into context”
Today the European Policy Centre in Brussels released the report Climate change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions. The findings of this report do not directly affect workplace safety but do indicate new ways in which businesses must manage the economic and social hazards that climate change produces. These new ways of management must be anticipated and … Continue reading “Integrating climate change impacts into OHS and business management”
The Australian newspapers in late-February shared the “outrage” of politicians and then the community over training that was provided to public servants by the American “happiness guru” Professor Martin Seligman. The cost to the taxpayer seems exorbitant but the psychologist was from the US and was training delegates for many days. It is not unusual … Continue reading “Happiness is a warm million”
The safety industry in Australia may be seeking to become a recognised profession but, as with most business processes, continuous improvement is an important element of remaining current. The Australian Medical Council has released a revised draft code of conduct with which several members of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) disagree. According to an AMA media … Continue reading “Lessons from a draft medical code of conduct”