The Federal Government Carer-Inclusive Workplace Initiative aims to increase workforce participation among carers and help employers provide better support to this vital demographic. It provides organisations with a self-assessment tool so they can consider how their existing policies and practices relate to being carer-inclusive, and access to resources and learning modules to consider how they might improve their approach.
This Australia/NZ research summarises the strengths and weakneses a selection of different tools used between 2010 and 2020 to measure workers' wellbeing. Of the 18 anaylsed, only 2 were rated 'Very Good' and 3 were identified as having the greatest number of positively rated measurement properties. All had gaps in their construction or design
Health and Wellbeing Queensland have launched a new Healthy Workplaces website in partnership with Office of Industrial Relations, Public Service Commission, Queensland Mental Health Commission and Queensland Health to share knowledge and resources and collaborate on future initiatives.
This new free digital Workplace Wellbeing Assessment tool from the New South Wales Government will reveal how your business is performing in areas critical to workplace mental health based on insights from your leaders and workers, including leadership and culture, and provide tailored actions to improve your workplace.
Ths screening form has been designed to identify individuals with known disease, and/or signs or symptoms of disease, who may be at a higher risk of an adverse event due to exercise.
The recent New Zealand Psychosocial Survey assessed a wide range of psychosocial factors in NZ workers using the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ). Bullying was the most common hostile act reported. The most common risks were the speed and intensity of work, the need to conceal feelings from others and workload. Protective factors were security over working conditions, sense of community at work, role clarity and meaning of work.
