workplace safety
Why these Alice Springs pharmacies stopped selling hand sanitiser
An Alice Springs late night pharmacy has cut back its hours for the safety of its staff, while retailers remove hand sanitiser from their shelves When hand sanitiser first sprang …
Sexual harassment: ‘Don’t think it doesn’t happen.’
A pharmacist upskirted a store’s pharmacy assistants and a “lonely old man” inappropriately touched pharmacy staff, in sexual harassment cases recently outlined by one expert Employers have a legal responsibility …
Leading teams through unprecedented uncertainty
The second in a series brought to you by the AJP and the Pharmacists’ Support Service, and presented by Helen Lowy, pharmacist and counsellor This one-hour webinar is aimed at …
Back pain for one in four
Back pain is likely to be underreported, say US researchers, despite findings that more than a quarter of working adults have some form of lower back pain The researchers say …
The costs of a mentally unhealthy workplace
What is workplace bullying? And how can community pharmacy owners alleviate workplace stress? Guild employment experts provide the answers According to the latest statistics, mental illness is more prevalent than …
Paperwork, rule changes barriers to workplace safety
A worrying 81% of Australian small businesses don’t fully understand their workplace safety obligations The Employsure Workplace Safety Index, conducted by Employsure, also found that only half of small businesses …