In December 2025, New South Wales’ Resources Regulator issued a Safety Bulletin to the mining industry about the late reporting of psychosocial incidents. That Regulator has required …
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The President of the United States has always been recognised as a major leader. The morality they display spreads to global corporate leaders, especially those in the …
Last month, the Sunday Times published an article with a concerning headline: “Resilience training for Gen Z is booming — and that’s no bad thing” (paywalled). Resilience …
Safety Behaviour – Beyond Compliance in the Modern Workplace – SafetyAtWorkBlog
Safety behaviour is often discussed in terms of compliance—whether workers follow procedures, wear protective equipment, or report hazards. Yet, this view only scratches the surface of what …
Reframing Military Misconduct as a Safety Failure – SafetyAtWorkBlog
The goal of occupational health and safety (OHS) is to prevent harm. The goal of most people is to not hurt others with their actions. However, some …
Respect as a Social Obligation, Not Just a Workplace Duty – SafetyAtWorkBlog
Most of you will have been able to determine some of my values from the thousands of articles I have written here, but sometimes it is worth …
In the landscape of occupational health and safety (OHS), executive leadership is often framed through the lens of compliance. However, as I and others have long argued, the law is …
I have been humiliated many, many times over my 60+ years, but rarely at work. The last time was when a manager discussed my competence in my …
Workplace Suicides Becoming Australia’s Next Regulatory Flashpoint – SafetyAtWorkBlog
You should have heard by now that Safe Work Australia (SWA) has come through with guidance on having work-related suicides included in each jurisdiction’s occupational health and …
In 2021, Safe Work Australia released a model Code of Practice (CoP) for Working in Extreme Heat. The latest iteration of that code was released by the …