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Health & Wellbeing


  • Healthy workers & workplaces

    Taking good care of your health and wellbeing can help you face life’s stressors and keep you feeling positive and well.
  • Air pollution and bushfire smoke

    Employers need to look out for signs of the physical effects of air pollution and smoke. Provide information to your workers on the safety systems in place to avoid exposure.
  • Alcohol & other drugs

    The use of alcohol and other drugs before or while at work can have a significant negative impact on the people around them.
  • Anxiety & Depression

    Taking care of yourself can help you to face life’s inevitable stressors and keep you feeling positive and well.
  • Bullying & Inappropriate behaviours

    Bullying, harassment and other inappropriate behaviours have a significant negative impact on individuals and the workplace.
  • Burns and scalds

    Employers should assess the hazards that may result in a burn or scald and introduce measures to minimise the risk of injury.
  • Challenging behaviour

    Challenging behaviour extends throughout the health care and social assistance sector and can affect workers physical and mental health.
  • Contact dermatitis

    Inflammation of the skin can occur when a worker comes into contact with a substance.
  • Discrimination

    It is unlawful to treat someone unfairly because they have a particular personal characteristic or belong to a certain group.
  • Fatigue

    Some types of work and some industry sectors have a higher risk of fatigue, particularly when shift work is part of the business model.
  • First aid

    The provision of prompt and appropriate first aid can reduce the severity or an injury or illness and it may save someone's life.
  • Grievance and complaint resolution

    All workplaces must have a clear and fair process for workers to raise and settle grievances or complaints that arise against another worker.
  • Health monitoring

    Health monitoring is used to detect changes in a worker’s health due to the exposure to certain substances.
  • Heat & UV

    Employers have a responsibility to their workers to manage risks associated with heat stress and overexposure to UV radiation.
  • Infectious diseases

    Find information about preventing infectious diseases in the workplace.
  • Mental health

    Your mental health is just as important as your physical health and safety in the context of overall health and wellbeing.
  • Noise and vibration

    Noise may damage your hearing and can also interfere with your performance, communication and slow your reactions times.
  • Nutrition

    By eating healthy food we can all can get more out of life, feel better and live longer.
  • Physical activity

    Being physically active and limiting sedentary behaviour is essential for your physical, social and mental wellbeing.
  • Psychological hazards & work-related stress

    Prolonged or severe work-related stress can cause both psychological and physical harm.
  • Sexual harassment

    Sexual harassment is against the law and can cause long-term psychological and physical harm.
  • Slips, trips & falls

    Slips, trips and falls are the second leading cause of workplace injury.
  • Smoking

    Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed workplaces and shared work areas. Everyone has the right to be protected from the harmful health effects of tobacco smoke.
  • Violence

    Everyone at work has a responsibility to ensure that violence does not create a risk to their own or anyone else’s health and safety.
  • Work life balance

    When our lives are more balanced, we are happier, more productive, take fewer sick days and are more likely to stay in our jobs.

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9 Feb 2023 7:02 pm
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