On 29 October, Australia ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Fundamental Convention – Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention 187 at a tripartite ceremony of unions, employers and governments in Geneva, Switzerland.

Safe Work Australia has published a new report on workplace and work-related violence and aggression in Australia. 

Safe Work Australia’s research grant recipient, the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University, has completed their research to explore interventions to manage psychosocial risks in the aged care sector.

This report provides a review of the literature on fatigue including:

In March 2024 Safe Work Australia commissioned the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University to undertake a literature review on harmful behaviours in the workplace.

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Related information

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This report examines the evidence of different approaches to early intervention in workers’ compensation in Australia and what works to reduce recovery times and improve return to work outcomes for injured workers.

This report provides evidence-based information about diseases and occupational exposures for consideration by jurisdictions when reviewing the deemed diseases lists in their workers’ compensation legislation.

The Comparison of Workers’ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand (2023) is now available in

The Comparison of Workers’ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand 2023 report has been published.

The key achievements and scorecard report 2023 outlines the progress that Safe Work Australia’s made in its first 3 year towards the vision and strategic outcomes of the 

In May 2023, Safe Work Australia commissioned the University of Adelaide to undertake a literature review and gap analysis of the scientific evidence to inform recommendations related to the three options for prohibition on the use of engineered stone in Australia.

This snapshot presents findings about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers returning to work after an injury or illness.

This report provides information about workers’ compensation arrangements and the differences between schemes in Australia and New Zealand.

This report investigates whether a short term exposure limit (STEL) should be implemented to complement the workplace exposure standard (WES) of 0.05 mg/m³ for respirable crystalline silica.

This report investigates the challenges of measuring airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in Australian workplaces at and below 0.02 mg/m³.

This independent report provides information about workers’ perception and knowledge of workers’ compensation systems as well as information about workers' communication preferences.

This summary presents highlights from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey including key metrics, insights and time series data. The summary also includes a section on COVID-19 and its impact on recovery and return to work.

The List of Deemed Diseases in Australia was updated in April 2024 based on the findings of the

This report provides evidence-based information on a list of diseases and occupational ex

This paper analyses the complex nature of workers’ compensation coverage in Australia. The paper considers whether current workers’ compensation coverage arrangements in Australia remain fit for purpose, by using gig economy and agriculture industry case studies.

This report is on the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 progress from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014.  

As part of the first phase of national initiatives under the

Summary: the role of accounting in work health and safety study 

The issue 

Poorly controlled work health and safety (WHS) and resultant work-related injuries and illnesses potentially create significant social and financial organisa

WHS reporting needs to provide relevant, robust and timely information to inform decisions that influence ongoing business performance. 

Comparing Australian and New Zealand workers’ compensation  

We release a biennial report comparing Australia and New Zealand’s workers’ compensation arrangements: 

The Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) prepared this report, which: 

This report provides a detailed examination of the causes, impacts and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). 

This report provides detailed information about:

Why has this research been done?

• To better understand the prevalence of workplace bullying and harassment in Australian workplaces and to identify workplace risk factors associated with the occurrence of bullying and harassment.

What did we find?

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Why has this research been done? 

• Sickness absence and presenteeism have a direct impact on organisation productivity 

This paper is one in a series of research papers on the role of accounting in work health and safety governance.

This paper is one in a series of research papers on the role of accounting in work health and safety governance.

This paper is one in a series of research papers on the role of accounting in work health and safety governance.

Why has this research been done? 

Two important aspects of safety climate are management safety empowerment and management safety justice, which are the perceived degree to which employers respectively empower their workers to influence aspects of their own safety and deal with hea

A random, population-based sample of 5,528 Australian workers participated in the Australian Work Exposure Study (AWES). Workers answered questions about the tasks they completed and the controls used at work.

Safe Work Australia’s emerging issues surveillance program identifies new priority issues which can affect workers’ health and safety, and undertakes and disseminates research to investigate these.