Worker Wellness

Despite the forestry and logging industry’s proactive approach to health and safety, it remains an industry with heightened risk. People must work on steep slopes, with tall heights, and with heavy machinery, making worker safety absolutely paramount. Sadly, according to WorkSafe, the forestry in...

Just knowing where to go in tough times can be a great first step to changing a life. Our guys and girls working in the forestry industry are pretty capable, hardy and resilient types. They have to get up in the dark and do a day’s mahi on the hill in all weather,” says Tina Drummond, Health & Sa...

New data shows people in non-office jobs are far more dissatisfied than those in office-based roles and feel forgotten about when it comes to caring for their wellbeing.And those who top the list are tradies, health workers and teachers, who say their needs are not being met, says Jane Kennelly, ...