Are you sitting comfortably? - your guide to back support at work
Top Tips Avoiding Back Problems. NHS figures show that back pain is the most common cause of workplace absence and although manual handling and lifting are a common cause, a lot of problems are caus...
Workplace wellbeing - Health, safety & welfare at work
Links Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 Chemicals (Hazard Information and Pack...
Well trained - The importance of workplace equipment training
Importance of Equipment Training At Work Workplace equipment is designed to make job roles easier, safer and more efficient but without the right training, certain types of equipment can actually hav...
Make mine a large one - Why it pays to think big
Workplace tips Employers will need to take account of obese workers in risk assessments to ascertain whether any special arrangements need to be made. As well as making sure that obese employees hav...
Doing your homework - The home office advice
Working From Home: Setting Up A Home Office The home office advice Although snow always stirs up feelings of excitement and fun, there’s no denying that the novelty soon fades as we found. The...
Education, education, education - Safety training basics
Basic Workplace Safety Training In the modern workplace it can often seem like there’s a never ending stream of legislation to abide by that requires endless amounts of training, but in reality...
The great outdoors - The importance of employee welfare
The importance of employee welfare An unfortunate reality of the modern world means millions of workers every single day either skip their lunch break or have a quick bite to eat without even leaving...
Sound surroundings - great working environment
Top Tips How to increase your activity at work. With recent news reports citing sitting for long periods of time as being as dangerous as smoking, concerns are mounting that Britons with office jobs...
National Back Exchange
REAL LIFE STORIES Exclusive interview with Julia Love of National Back Exchange. Mind your backs! When Julia Love qualified as a nurse in 1979, she could never have imagined she’d have left t...
The cold war - Ideas to help you fight the winter bugs
Employee Health At Work: Cold & Flu Prevention Ideas to help you fight the winter bugs Colds and ‘flu’ are still cited as one of the main causes of short-term absence, and over...