Limiting the spread of infectious, communicable diseases within the workplace is a complex and frequently sensitive issue. Hazards associated with diseases vary significantly from one workplace to another and the need to privacy adds further complications.
Workplace stress is the negative physical or mental impact caused by excessive pressures associated with the workplace environment. Employers have various obligations and requirements to identify, assess, and reduce the causes of stress within their workplace.
The Federal inquiry into ice has grown more aware of how the use of the drug continues to rise particularly in the mining industry.
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Prison Officers Regularly Face High Risk at Work with Prison Population Growing
When a prisoner who was having a bad day threw a billiard ball at Jason Gould, the billiard ball was the last object the prison officer was able to see clearly with his left eye.
Deficient Healthcare Violence Reporting Rated Attack on Pregnant Nurse “Minor”
The Auditor-General’s report revealed that a case wherein a pregnant nurse was kicked in the stomach was merely categorised as a “minor incident.”
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