US WORKER BURNOUT LEVELS DROP DURING FIRST MONTHS OF COVID
The top cause of burnout was workload (52%), followed by staffing shortages (44%), balancing work and personal life (41%). Burnout among US workers remains high but is trending downward since the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, results of a recent survey show....
NEW INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE GLOBAL PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS BY WORLD HEALTH WATCHDOG
To help countries better prepare for future pandemics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new initiative to provide guidance on integrated planning for responding to any respiratory pathogen such as influenza or coronaviruses. The new Preparedness and...
AUSTRALIA’S TEN-YEAR STRATEGY TO REDUCE WORKPLACE FATALITIES, INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2023-2033 sets a national vision of safe and healthy work for all and provides a platform for delivering key work health and safety (WHS) improvements. The strategy was developed under Safe Work Australia’s tripartite...
RESEARCH REVEALS DUTCH EMPLOYERS NOW INVEST MORE TIME AND MONEY ON SAFETY
Employers are improving safety measures and culture instead of engaging in legal proceedings and paying fines from the Dutch Labour Inspectorate. Since the start of this year, employers in the Netherlands have been conducting their own research into workplace...
WOMEN AND FRONTLINE WORKERS FACE HIGHER RISKS IN WORKPLACE
Violence in the workplace can have significant mental and physical health implications. Women and frontline workers are most exposed to the risks of adverse social behaviour at work, such as burnout, exhaustion, anxiety and depression, according to the European...
DIGITAL AGE IS FOCUS OF EU ‘HEALTHY WORKPLACES CAMPAIGN 2023-2025’
Dedicated to occupational safety and health (OSH) in the digital age, the 2023-2025 edition of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign will focus on five priority areas – work on digital platforms, advanced robotics and artificial intelligence, remote work, intelligent...
