{"id":49386,"date":"2025-04-04T04:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?p=49386"},"modified":"2025-05-15T01:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:16:15","slug":"new-research-shows-workplace-safety-improving-but-more-needs-to-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/new-research-shows-workplace-safety-improving-but-more-needs-to-be-done","title":{"rendered":"New Research Shows Workplace Safety Improving but More Needs to be Done\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new COS-commissioned study reveals that the number of Australian workers who feel their workplace prioritises health and safety has risen by 10% since 2023. While this may be a great improvement, Safe Work Australia reports a 20.5% rise in serious claims over the past decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what\u2019s behind this gap, and how can businesses do better? COS CO-CEO Belinda Lyone shares insights on key concerns &#8211; from workplace hygiene to mental health support and practical steps to enhance safety culture. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read the full Azzet interview with COS CO-CEO Belinda Lyone, <a href=\"https:\/\/azzet.com\/news\/cos-finds-20-of-employees-do-not-feel-safe-at-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click Here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-49386 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='49386' data-nonce='d5082879b2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Did you find this useful?' \/><span class='lc-49386 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style3 unlike-49386 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='49386' data-nonce='d5082879b2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='' \/><span class='unlc-49386 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-49386 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new COS-commissioned study reveals that the number of Australian workers who feel their workplace prioritises health and safety has risen by 10% since 2023. While this may be a great improvement, Safe Work Australia reports a 20.5% rise in serious claims over the past decade.&nbsp; So, what\u2019s behind this gap, and how can businesses &#8230; <a title=\"New Research Shows Workplace Safety Improving but More Needs to be Done\u00a0\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/new-research-shows-workplace-safety-improving-but-more-needs-to-be-done\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Research Shows Workplace Safety Improving but More Needs to be Done\u00a0\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":49391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49388,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49386\/revisions\/49388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}