FELICITY CAIRD suggests a New Zealand framework for workplace mental health could assist directors to address the issue.

Whoever said there’s no money in health & safety? PETER BATEMAN analyses this year’s survey of incomes to find there’s plenty to aspire to at the top end of town.

In this year’s income survey we asked one open question: Influencing change is a key part of your role. In your career, which change are you most proud of having influenced? Nearly 250 of the respondents had a crack at this. Here is an edited selection.

MARGARET VAN SCHAIK, founder of the Women in Safety NZ networking group, on encouraging more women to enter H&S and enabling them to flourish.

The winner of this year’s award for best collaboration between PCBUs has found that good workplace relationships don’t always depend upon a business base. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports.

Wellington City Council has adopted a strategy which has made the health and wellbeing of its staff a central part of its identity. PETER BATEMAN reports.

Preventing psychosocial injuries requires a primary focus on the design of safe and healthy work, before wellness interventions focused on individuals, argues DR PETA MILLER.

The avoidance of harm is a noble objective but in a rapidly changing world of work it is no longer sufficient to keep health and safety relevant, argues PAUL LITCHFIELD.

Is all unreasonable behaviour bullying? What’s the best advice to give someone being bullied? MARGO WHITE put these and other questions to Bevan Catley.

By the time someone reports harm their “psychosocial rope” has already frayed. REBECCA MICHALAK argues for a focus on risk exposure.

JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM hears how a few well-placed brackets and a strip of plywood won the safety category at this year’s awards, and could be a game-changer for the construction industry.

Inconsistent approaches to sentencing under the HSW Act 2015 have produced uncertainty, but a recent High Court decision offers clarity, write GREG CAIN and MALLORY WARD.

NICOLE ROSIE on meeting public expectations of the regulator around sexual harassment and bullying.

PHILIP ALDRIDGE reflects on the recent HASANZ conference, the launch of a scholarship programme, and progress with the register.

The case of a truck driver, says SCOTT NEWBURN, shows the essential role of good communication with all parties to achieve quality health outcomes.

SELENA ARMSTRONG on the loss of a friend and colleague to suicide and the devastating impact on the work team she was part of.

Māori workers are more exposed to risk at work than non-Māori, even allowing for socio-economic status and other factors. HAYLEY DENISON reports.

MAI CHEN reflects on differing expectations about health and safety across cultures, and how we need to accommodate diversity in all its forms.