Limiting the typical workday to 8 hours was a boon for workers during the 20th-century Industrial Revolution, whereby organisations could demand factory workers toil for up to 16 hours a day and child-labour was rife. More than 100 years
Faced by today’s major health issues, while knowing an active lifestyle combined with better food choices greatly reduces your risk of long-term illness, it’s time to make Lunchtime Exercise the new champion of your weekly routine. A stress-decreasing break
The entire team at Ergoworks are officially registered for Run2Cure Neuroblastoma! This event raises funds for research in finding a cure for neuroblastoma childhood cancer. Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumour of childhood and occurs between the ages
Every worker is unique, so more and more companies are moving away from traditional corporate design and attempting to lure the best talent using dynamic office spaces. The relevance of Workplace Design has become a key player in the
How Important are Ergonomics at School? School students are at greater risk than the adult workforce of musculoskeletal damage due to their rapid and greatly fluctuating growth rates, especially of their spines, leading to a push for educators to
As more employers begin to flag potential workplace health and safety (WPHS) hazards within the office environment, the push to automate ergonomic risk assessments is gathering speed – and it’s helping big corporations keep track of their ‘high risk’
Spending your mornings jammed into a crowded rail carriage or stuck in peak-hour traffic can erode that precious burst of pre-lunch productivity. This has led to many workers choosing to set up home offices to maximise efficiency. As the
Working from home sounds like the ideal work/life-balance situation, whereby you set your own hours and wear what you want. Yet, it can be fraught with hazards. Apart from your deadlines bleeding into your downtime (if you don’t set
More and more modern workers are complaining of a hectic lifestyle, with long hours, high turnover, increasing deadline demands with the expectation to “Deliver! Deliver! Deliver!” Employees are stretched to the limit and trying to find time to balance
Driving for work offers many benefits: set your own schedule; enjoy a dynamic ‘office’ environment; meet interesting people throughout the day. Yet mobile workers who spend long periods of time in their vehicles have the same musculoskeletal risks as
'I first met Marnie in 2007 when I engaged her to conduct OH&S workspace assessments for our employees. Marnie is extremely personable and demonstrated breadth and depth of the subject matter and an extraordinary passion for her business. Marnie had already developed an innovative on-line workspace assessment solution and together we partnered on developing a bespoke version for our business which includes an educational component. This tool has now been rolled out to employees in Australia and New Zealand with all of our expectations of the program and Marnie and her team met.'
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