Productivity | Safe Work Australia

10 Apr 2017 | Video

Why big business needs to lead work health and safety

Renowned national affairs, finance and business journalist Jennifer Hewett spearheads a discussion with some of Australia’s top business leaders about the relationship between good business and workplace safety.

4 Oct 2016 | Video

No arguments - design work for good mental health

In this video, Dr Kirsten Way challenges some of the arguments commonly cited by business owners against building a mentally healthy workplace.

29 Aug 2016 | Video

The agile leader – engaging with risk

Safe Work Australia’s CEO Michelle Baxter discusses the need build a workforce of workers, leaders and decision-makers who have the knowledge and the skills to effectively and efficiently manage risk.

29 Aug 2016 | Video

Case study: Good work through effective design

This video shows how the ten principles of good work design can be applied in practice, using real-life industry case studies to improve the health and safety of workers and overall business performance.

18 Aug 2016 | Video

Safe, healthy and productive: Keynote address by Ann Sherry AO

Ann Sherry explains how managing work health and safety is not a box-ticking bureaucratic exercise that detracts from the real work of getting the job done.

Reports

Psychosocial safety climate and better productivity in Australian workplaces: Costs, productivity, presenteeism, absenteeism

23 Nov 2016

Why has this research been done? Sickness absence and presenteeism have a direct impact on organisation productivity Previous research has indicated that Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) and the psychological health outcomes of depression, psychological distress and disengagement have an important impact on sickness absence and...

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