Sitting pretty?
Workers who spend long periods at
workstations who may consequently
suffer from poor posture can now get
help from their smartphones.
Cardinus Risk Management has
developed an app to provide iPhone
and Android users w
Workers who spend long periods at
workstations who may consequently
suffer from poor posture can now get
help from their smartphones.
Cardinus Risk Management has
developed an app to provide iPhone
and Android users w
The British Dietetic Association
(BDA) has launched Nutrition in the
Workplace Workshops designed to
support UK businesses in improving
employees’ health and wellbeing, and
improving employee absenteeism.
The new serv
Spectrum Healthcare says its
ErgoKneeler can help to alleviate the
compression forces and postural
discomfort associated with kneeling
or squatting and promote good
spinal posture.
The profiled kneeling pad
and stool
Ergonomic office furniture specialist
Posturite has praised the BBC for
highlighting the health dangers of
too much time spent sitting.
Posturite said the recent BBC2
Horizon special report, ‘The Truth
About Exercise’
New research from Aon Hewitt,
the global human resources arm of
Aon Corporation, shows that
employers are failing to get to
grips with the issue of sickness
absence
The Aon Hewitt Benefits and
Trends Survey, which poll
The notion of “survivor guilt”
comes from disasters and traumas,
such as plane crashes and violent
attacks, where the
people who
survived feel guilt
and anxiety.
“Survivors” in the
workplace – those
who escape the
EEF, the manufacturers’
organisation has announced a
partnership with Collingwood
Health to increase its range of
Occupational Health (OH) services.
The partnership will build on the
EEF’s exisitng experience in the a
David Smith explains how a proactive approach to
employee wellbeing can lead to a happier and more
productive workplace
The type of problems and issues
that employees need to deal with
on a daily basis are considerab
Cirrus Research has
launched its 2012 ‘Noise in
Action’ photography
competition to help raise
money for its 2012 charity of
choice, Hearing Dogs for
Deaf People. The charity
offers deaf individuals
greater independenc
The new website from
pressure relief specialist Elfab
(www.elfab.com) can now be
accessed on three separate
levels: users, members and
customers. Disc and panel
selectors, public media, news
and updates are available t
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