Yesterday I had an email conversation with a prospective client. They are in the midst of figuring out what they need to do for their Work-from-Home (WFH) employees, located around the world. To help them out, I provided the following list of items, taken from the talk I was scheduled to give at ASSP’s Safety…
Remember the Tom Cruise movie, Jerry Maguire and his signature line, “Show me the money?” Would you like to see a potential 450% or 2,100% ROI for your long-term Work-from-Home (WFH) office ergonomics efforts? Since mid-March, millions of people have been working from home, and many have been working with substandard arrangements. The first challenge is…
Put into your mind the classic James Brown song, “I Feel Good.” It is a song of joy, of feeling, well, good. But do you really “feel good?” Obviously this is not “grammatically correct,” but that’s okay. How you feel plays a direct role in how much you can accomplish at work, and in your…
While the world begins to open up, studies are showing that as many as 30% of “new ” work-from-home office employees are going to remain working from home. Additionally, up to 70% of all office employees may work from home either part- or full-time going forward. But working from home can create new risks to…
Introduction The current state of “shelter in place” orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will not last forever, but the effects of these orders and how we work will last much longer than we think. This article will discuss how commercial real estate can be affected, the impact on workers compensation, the impact on…
Many people know what physical ergonomics stresses are, but there is another kind of stress that can also hurt us. That stress is “Psychosocial Stress.” What is it? Psychosocial Stress is the kind of stress that we “internalize.” Psychosocial stress can come from many directions, including: Too much work (& not enough time…
The pandemic in which we find ourselves has caused many organizations around the world to encourage working-from-home. While millions of people are working-from-home for the first time, many industries with geographically-dispersed employee populations have embraced working-from-home for many years. Working-from-home can seem like “fun” at first. However if a workstation is not set up correctly,…
Many organizations are asking their employees to work from home, but after a few weeks, if things are not set up well, you’re going to be feeling pretty sore and uncomfortable. Please feel free to use this Computer Workstations and Hand Held Technology Best Practices guide as you set up your home workstation. If you…