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Why Employers Keep Designing Psychological Harm into Work – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
By now, SafetyAtWorkBlog readers are well aware that the ways to prevent psychosocial hazards and manage psychological harm and safety are well established. A brand-new global report …
Safety & Security
Why Blood Tests Won’t Fix Burnout in Roles Designed to Harm – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
The most effective way to prevent psychological harm at work is to redesign work and its systems, especially the workload. What is often overlooked is the need …
Safety & Security
Dr Kat Page’s Good Work Book Is A Blueprint for Preventing Harm – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
LinkedIn is an enormously inhumane software, but it does have some positive uses. One of them is being invited to meet people who might find you interesting …
Safety & Security
Why Global Initiatives Won’t Prevent Workplace Harm – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
Every few years, a new global initiative arrives promising to reshape corporate behaviour. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were meant to align business with human well-being. The …
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Why do we need a “positive duty” to prevent harm? – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
In 2023, a Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recommended that the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 be amended to introduce …
Safety & Security
Why Business Must Confront the Systems That Harm – SafetyAtWorkBlog
by David Walker
Companies are being urged to increase their attention on the human impacts of incidents. This is a much-needed and delayed focus that existed decades ago but went …