Work and Wellbeing
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How the switch to daylight saving time affects our health
Oliver Rawashdeh | October 8, 2018We all need time to adjust to daylight saving time – but students and full-time workers might have a tougher time in the weeks after the changeover. So go easy on your kids and colleagues.
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Work out to work better
First 5000 | October 6, 2018Finding time for physical exercise can be a daily struggle when we are juggling work and life commitments. Diabetes NSW & ACT recommended several ways in which you can make exercise your daily priority.
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Outsourcing drug testing for SMEs
First 5000 | October 5, 2018Staff working under the influence of drugs or alcohol can be dangerous, not just to themselves, but their fellow workers and the organisation’s reputation. Outsourcing tests can improve employee compliance and workplace safety for all.
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Spotlight shines on Queensland safe work and return to work initiatives
First 5000 | October 3, 2018Outstanding examples of safe work and return to work initiatives in Queensland have been celebrated at a gala luncheon in Brisbane.
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One more cup of coffee for the road?
First 5000 | October 2, 2018Do you love your morning coffee jolt a little too much? Do you follow your first double shot with a second a little too quickly? Chances are you’re one of the caffeine addicts making Australia’s sleep specialists worried.
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When resilience isn’t enough to fight burnout
First 5000 | September 26, 2018Employees are often advised to toughen up to prevent burnout – a special type of job stress characterised by exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy – but research shows the drivers of burnout are usually found in the work environment rather than in the individual failings of employees.
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Reap what you sow: The benefits of having a garden in your office
Stella Ryne | September 24, 2018Many modern offices and corporations have embraced the idea of office gardens because of the many benefits they offer to both the company and the employees.
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The cost of work accidents hits home
First 5000 | September 23, 2018The social and financial impact of a workplace injury or illness is one thing that most Australians will never face. Unfortunately for some in the community, the impacts of a workplace accident are very real and the on-going issues for family members can be devastating and life-long.
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The true cost of business failure
First 5000 | September 21, 2018Hayley Birtle-Eades is a serial entrepreneur but with that moniker comes multiple failures. Failures that have cost her dearly; not only in money but relationships, self-confidence and reputation.
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R U OK at work?
Melinda Fell | September 14, 2018When studies have shown that 45% of Australians currently aged between 16 to 85 will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime, and a third of these cases will be related to pressures experienced at work, it’s high time to start talking.
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Does ‘burnout’ affect a worker’s ability to follow safe work procedures?
First 5000 | September 9, 2018Burnout has long been considered a workplace hazard but can often be overlooked when assessing risk. A worker exhibiting signs of burnout is certainly less productive, but are they also less safe?
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Stop working on your commute – it doesn’t benefit anyone
David Spencer | September 3, 2018Work may now be a normal part of commuting time but its performance imposes high costs on us and society more generally. In a rational world, we would move to ban out-of-hours email, not just to protect free time, but also to safeguard our health.
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How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
Michael Loughlin | August 27, 2018While we may keep our homes spotless, it’s easy to let standards of hygeine slide in communal offices and dirty phones, keyboards and cups are a common hiding place for microbes.
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Queensland backs ‘Mates in Construction’
First 5000 | August 24, 2018Queensland’s Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has announced additional funding of $1 million to help Mates in Construction expand its suicide prevention program to rural and remote areas of the state.
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Removing desk partitions may boost office workers’ health
First 5000 | August 22, 2018People who work at desks without partitions in open plan offices tend to have higher levels of physical activity while at work, and lower levels of stress outside the office than other office setups, according to US research.