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Posted on 2 October 2019

Resources from Canada

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety produces a regular "Health and Safety Report" newsletter - which is free to subscribe to. The September edition has interesting and informative articles on:

Farmers' mental health
Harassment and Violence Prevention
a Podcast on Artificial Intelligence: Managing the positive and negative implications for workers.

CCOHS produces free monthly podcasts on a wide variety of topics designed to provide listeners with current information, tips, and insights into the health, safety, and well-being of working Canadians - useful for Australians too! See the complete list of podcast topics.

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DOCTORS SHOULD ASK ‘WHAT WORK DO YOU DO?’

Asking what job a person does is ‘critical’ to addressing social inequalities in health, a new academic paper has concluded. ‘With work now being a recognised social determinant of health, use of...

UK: WORKERS’ HEALTH INFORMATION MUST BE PROTECTED

Workers’ health information must be protected, medical confidentiality rules respected and workplace practices agreed between employers and unions, the TUC has said. Responding to an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) consultation on employment...

ASSISTING HSRs REMAINS BURDENSOME IN SA

A range of amendments are likely to follow a recent review of SafeWork SA but will not include allowing union officers to bypass the right-of-entry requirements when seeking to assist HSRs.

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