Employee well-being impacts on your company’s finances
See the article from the Telegraph on how you can increase productivity and engagement in the workplace. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/britains-healthiest-company/
Gerald Whitehouse is an Occupational Hygienist with 22 years experience of working with employers of all sizes, to help them look after their workforce's well-being
This expertise covers both health and safety issues, such as DSE and HR issues such as mental health.
Gerald has written and commissioned content for a range of online training courses in these areas.
Gerald has trained thousands of computer users to work without discomfort at their desks and has trained hundreds of people to be DSE Assessors.
Your can contact Gerald on +44 (0) 1822 819 786 or gerald@hub-4.co.uk
More research into sitting for too long
Research is now showing that sitting for too long may be affecting your liver. This is from the LinkedIn Ergonomics@Work Group, have a read: http://ow.ly/ThVgY One answer is to go through our workstation ergonomics training programme. Details can be found at www.dseasy.co.uk
Effective DSE user training
Training should be provided for workers who are involved in jobs using computers. Workers need to know how to adjust workstations to fit the tasks and their individual needs. DSEasy can deliver all the training needed. Please click here to see how we can help. https://www.hub-4.co.uk/dse-training/
Cost of MSD’s
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) – such as back pain and pains in the shoulder, wrist or elbow, account for a third of all GP referrals and cause 9.5 million lost working days each year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has identified some of the risks that can often lead to musculoskeletal disorders. Go to www.dseasy.co.uk…
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter blog
If you work in an office and use a computer, you can avoid injury by sitting in the right position, and arranging your desk correctly. Some key aspects to this would involve adjusting your chair, supporting your back, keeping your mouse close to you and resting your feet on the floor or footrest where necessary.…
Introducing Poppy your new friend presenting DSeasy’s workstation set up and usage programme
Hi There are TWO major advantages of this new programme: It’s SHORT, focussing on the real impact facts, so users can make changes that will make a difference It’s bright and colourful, modern in it’s approach. Follow this link so I can set you up to have a look through, it’ll take you 15 minutes or…
CNN advises and recommends standing at desks
Hi, follow this link given to members of the LinkedIn Group: Sensible Health and Safety CNN’s comprehensive report on standing. CNN web page Have a look and see if you can use any of the data to help implement a change of culture in your Organisation.
The hidden risks of sitting
Let’s Begin… Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilinç investigates the hidden risks of sitting down. Just follow this link: http://goo.gl/54THz8 …
Don’t just sit there
More evidence that sitting is bad for you. Follow this link for an article from the Mirror web paper http://goo.gl/ZmLdj1