Executing Corrective Actions Like a Market Leader
Given the competitive pressures you face daily, streamlining your corrective actions can position your company as a market leader – or a follower struggling to keep up with new best practices. Executing corrective actions like a market leader requires that you take a fresh look at how you can refine these processes and procedures internally […]
Occupational Health Solutions for Reopening Your Office
Slowly but surely every country around the world is beginning to acclimate to the ‘new normal.’ For some countries this has meant that borders remain closed, and for others such as Australia and New Zealand, it means forming a travel bubble. Social distancing, wearing a mask in public, and routinely, thoroughly, washing your hands is […]
The Secret to Conducting Effective Interviews for Incident Investigations
You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s why mistakes typically happen in investigative interviews. It’s not because the investigator doesn’t care or isn’t bright enough. Conducting interviews seems simple enough on the surface… ask a few questions about the incident, and get all the answers you need, right? If you’ve done a few investigative […]
EU Taxonomy Regulation – Key Impacts for Companies & Investors (FAQs)
Yesterday, the EU Commission’s Taxonomy Regulation entered into law, marking a significant step in sustainable finance. The EU Taxonomy is a classification tool aimed at investors, companies and issuers to better define the environmental performance of economic activities across a wide range of sectors, and will give clarity to the requirements economic activities must meet […]
8 Hacks for Home Office Ergonomic Best Practices
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations provided basic technological tools to allow for occasional work-from-home days, though they didn’t necessarily invest significant resources in guiding employees with home office ergonomic best practices. But life has changed since the pandemic. Work-from-home programs have become a long-term public safety need. Just as employees need technological tools to function outside of the office, […]
4 Corrective Actions to Battle Ergonomic Symptoms
Ergonomic symptoms can take many forms. Back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck strain, and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) can leave your employees working in pain and your organization paying for the cost of medical treatments, lost time, and lower productivity. Implementing office ergonomics strategies can greatly reduce the number of employees who report symptoms and help those […]
Top 3 Tips to Identify Ergonomic Risk Factors
Typing, sitting, and reading all day at the office may not seem like the most strenuous activities, but these are actually hazardous ergonomic risk factors that could turn into big problems for employees and managers alike. When an employee suffers a workplace injury, his or her productivity could take a hit and significantly hurt business […]
4 Ways to Leverage Ergonomic Assessment Software to Improve Workplace Safety
Managing an office ergonomics program takes a lot of work. From identifying risk factors and ergonomic symptoms to providing a path to effective treatment, organizations must track so many different program elements across the entire employee population. With so many moving pieces, manual tracking processes, such as spreadsheets, don’t cut it. To better protect employees’ health and […]
What to Know About Today’s OSHA Ergonomics Standard Guidelines
While the typical office worker may not spend his or her day lifting heavy objects or performing physically demanding tasks, that worker still faces plenty of workplace hazards. Office workers spend their day hunched over desks, staring at computer monitors, and typing on keyboards. Over time, these office-related tasks take a toll on the body, resulting […]
How Office Injury Prevention Reduces Company Health Care Costs
Office injuries can impact an organization on many levels. Not only is the injured employee in discomfort but he or she may also need medical care, a modified workspace, and time off to rehab. This can quickly become costly, but investing in office injury prevention keeps employees healthy and saves the organization money by maintaining a productive […]