Latest trends and insights in health, safety and wellbeing

Welcome to Vital Insights. This edition explores interpersonal conflict as a precipitating factor in compensable workplace psychological injury. It differentiates interpersonal from “interpersonalised” conflict and discusses ‘conflict blindness’ as a common employer phenomenon. Highlighting the important role leaders play in normalising and role modelling healthy conflict, our article encourages leaders to approach some key questions about conflict in their organisations with curiosity. 

In health,

Cathy McDonald - Executive General Manager

Applying traditional approaches to mental health in the workplace:  Have we been barking up the wrong tree?

Psychological injury claims are complicated on account of their intersectionality, as they are bio-psychosocial-politico-legal in nature.  

They have proven to be of increasing challenge to employers and regulators alike, on account of the escalating direct and indirect costs of prolonged claims duration. These challenges threaten the sustainability of our current schemes and are driving increases in workers compensation insurance costs to industry. The human cost is greater still. 

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Is Your Workplace Health Strategy Four Years Behind? 

We recently created a detailed guide to help businesses navigate the complexities of a dynamic global environment and its effects on employee health. This resource highlights the importance of understanding employee health and well-being needs and how to utilise that data to inform health and well-being strategies, ensuring the workforce is supported where it matters most.

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