Browsing: White-collar work

An extensive Japanese study of more than 130,000 workers from 1,400 companies has shown a sharp rise in the incidence of unhealthy weight gain, high blood pressure, hyperglycemia and liver damage following COVID-19 restrictions and work-from-home policies.

Flexible working arrangements that genuinely support health and wellbeing are being offered to the employees of one of Australia's "best places to work" on the terms that most suit them, instead of under a blanket rule, according to the company's director.

• Work-related COVID restrictions softened in another state; and
  
• How to prevent "technostress" and other hybrid work hazards.

A significant proportion of Australian workers believe their postures worsened after they shifted to remote arrangements for the COVID-19 pandemic, showing employers must act as hybrid work becomes a permanent fixture.

A white-collar worker's pre-existing predisposition to knee "instability" did not mean her employment could not be considered a significant cause of the injuries she sustained while rising from her chair at work, a tribunal has found.

Global software company, Salesforce, used an employee wellbeing approach based on the core values of trust and science-driven initiatives to successfully support its staff right through the pandemic, says its HR business partner, Anne Tosky.

Organisational trauma can result from relatively minor workplace changes, like staff changes and moving office, and employers should ensure their workforce is equipped to deal with the issue when it arises, a conference has heard.

A worker's social wellbeing is a major driver of their overall health, and employers will do well not to underestimate or under-resource this aspect of the employee experience, a senior Cisco manager has told a conference.

• Employers fined for creating electrocution and forklift risks; and
  
• Guide to safe computer workstation set-ups released.

• Beware new-year fatigue with COVID-forced work changes;
  
• Mask rules eased in another jurisdiction, WHS advice issued; and
  
• RPE guidance published after 162 WHS notices issued.