VicHealth launches $1.8m Creating Healthy Workplaces program

VicHealth’s Creating Healthy Workplaces Program includes the release of five international evidence reviews on how stress, gender inequality, alcohol, race-based discrimination and prolonged sitting at work contribute to chronic disease.

Report shows preventable job stress costs $730m a year

Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia’s economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.

Sexual harassment 10 times more likely in casual and contract jobs

Women employed in casual and contract jobs are up to ten times more likely to experience unwanted sexual advances than those in permanent full time positions, a University of Melbourne study has found.

New VicHealth study shows job stress substantially contributes to depression and cardiovascular disease

Job stress is linked to a range of physical and mental health problems in employees and negative impacts on organisations, such as increased absenteeism and employee turnover, VicHealth CEO Dr Rob Moodie said today at the launch of the organisation’s Workplace Stress in Victoria: Developing a Systems Approach report.