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Young worker research misses the mark
On October 7 2016, Victoria’s trade union movement held a Young Worker Conference. The major public statement from that conference was the launch of a survey report called Young Workers Health and...
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Cabbage Salad and Safety – Episode 5
October is National Safety Month in Australia and episode 5 of the Cabbage Salad and Safety podcast discusses a range of topics to mirror the diversity of National Safety Month. Siobhan Flores-Walsh...
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Gender, violence, Batty, Hulls and business preparedness
Recently the Victorian Women Lawyers conducted a seminar into the outcomes of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence. SafetyAtWorkBlog attended even though the topic seems, initially, to...
View ArticleHow much attention should we give to gender in OHS?
I once had to stop a potential fight on a construction site between a works supervisor and a safety professional. The verbal abuse and niggling occurred for several minutes before the men’s chest were...
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Ferguson shows one way to harness social media for change
Credit: LittleBee80 (istockphoto) Kirstin Ferguson has been an amazing advocate for occupational health and safety (OHS), good governance, Board responsibility, and gender diversity. She is receiving...
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Autonomy, safety, diversity, equality and productivity
Photo taken by Angelo Kehagias Discussion about gender in the workplace peaks each year around International Women’s Day on March 8. Occasionally there is renewed localised interest when an issue pops...
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Real men and work-related suicide
Recently Huffington Post Australia posted a video about male suicides called “Men are killing themselves to be real men”. Many of the speakers talked about their experiences at work or with work. The...
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New approach to mental health of young men needs to expand to include work
On 6 June 2017, headspace, the common name for the National Youth Mental Health Foundation which is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Health, launched its latest campaign on the...
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Sexual harassment may be an OHS issue but what priority should it receive?
One online news site in Australia has suggested that sexual harassment is an occupational health and safety (OHS) issue. At first blush, it should be. Sexual harassment can create mental ill-health...
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#MeToo, #TimesUp and #OHS
Being International Women’s Day, the media is awash with articles about pay rates, gender equality and sexual harassment. One of those articles is written by Sarah Ralph of Norton Rose Fullbright....
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Is the Senate a workplace?
Recently Australian media was entranced with an argument over gender politics between two Senators, David Leyonjhelm and Sarah Hanson-Young. One of the elements in the argument concerns sexual...
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The importance of evidence in addressing workplace mental health issues
At the recent Scientific Meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM), Allison Milner stepped in for an ill Tony La Montagne and added value to his intended...
View ArticleMen’s Health podcast
Day 1 of the Australian Labor Party conference was fascinating but unsatisfying in terms of debate on occupational health and safety matters so I spoke with one of the many exhibitors at the...
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In order to grow, OHS needs economists, philosophers, ethicists and gender...
The occupational health and safety (OHS) profession is being affected by demographic changes as much as any other profession. Younger people seem to have a very different expectation on how to...
View ArticleHappy Sad Man – men’s mental health
Last week I mentioned two work-related films at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Tomorrow’s Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival is screening Happy Sad Man a film about the mental health of...
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Suicide Prevention, Genders and Workplace Interventions
Allison Milner speaking at the 2019 National Suicide Prevention Conference 2019 was always going to be a Year of Mental Health for Australians as there are various official inquiries and...
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Look closely at the camel rather than the straw
There are strong parallels between the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces and others addressing workplace issues, such as the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental and...
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New gendered-violence guide is good on the What but thin on the How
Australia’s trade union movement has been at the forefront of many of the occupational health and safety (OHS) changes, especially workplace stress and bullying. Other than Industrial Manslaughter...
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The concept of “Coercive Control” should be applied to workplace violence
“Coercive control” is getting attention in New South Wales in relation to domestic violence but there are similarities to workplace behaviours such as sexual harassment and bullying. The Chief...
View ArticleOHS and the Four Day Week
Recently the BBC’s Business Daily had a short discussion about the introduction of the 4 Day Week. This workplace reform has knocked about for a few years now and seems to have some mental health and...
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