Comments on: Psychosocial risks may need a new type of activism https://safetyatworkblog.com/2023/06/30/psychosocial-risks-may-need-a-new-type-of-activism/ Award winning news, commentary and opinion on workplace health and safety Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:54:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Kevin Jones https://safetyatworkblog.com/2023/06/30/psychosocial-risks-may-need-a-new-type-of-activism/#comment-124897 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:54:25 +0000 https://safetyatworkblog.com/?p=106239#comment-124897 In reply to Jason Wagstaffe.

Jason, I started writing a reply and it became an article. Thanks for the question

]]> By: Jason Wagstaffe https://safetyatworkblog.com/2023/06/30/psychosocial-risks-may-need-a-new-type-of-activism/#comment-124890 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:50:59 +0000 https://safetyatworkblog.com/?p=106239#comment-124890 How do we move the argument away from the “productivity” push that businesses, governments and even the reserve bank, say is required so that an acceptable level of pay can be achieved. How often do we hear our politicians and business leaders spruik the line that before we can increase wages we need to see an increase in productivity. From my personal and professional experience, increases in productivity come at the cost of the “work – life balance”.

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