Often presenting itself as tingling, numbness and pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is caused by compression of the median nerve in the wrist. Anyone who has experienced Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain will tell you just how uncomfortable and miserable it can be to live with. As workplace assessors, we usually recommend vertical mice to alleviate […]
During our time as DSE workstation assessors, we’ve often been asked to help improve the working lives of people that suffer from Raynaud’s Disease. What is Raynaud’s Disease? Raynaud’s Disease affects the small blood vessels of the extremities. Commonly felt in the hands and feet, the extremities become over sensitive to slight changes in temperature, […]
With agile or flexible working becoming a prevalent way of working in modern offices, it’s important to think about ‘clean desk’ policies. Whether it’s a mutual understanding, or contractual obligation, clean desk policies help to protect equipment, maintain office hygiene and allow any flexible worker to touch down in the workplace with ease. What is […]
Lengthy commutes, shrinking offices and child care are just a few of the factors that are contributing to the amount of people choosing to work from home. You might have seen our contribution in this recent article by the Guardian: Is a room of one’s own a luxury or an essential. The running theme of […]
You might have spotted that our sister office design company Love Your Workspace recently spoke to Co-Owner and Managing Director of Propellernet Nikki Gatenby on how they created an engaging office space where people really want to work. However, the physical workspace is only one factor that contributes to a successful business model. Having worked from their co-working floor ‘The Foundry’ ourselves, it […]
After our previous post, ‘Everything you need to know about DSE’, we were asked about adapting the workstation for pregnant employees. After receiving the happy news, it is important that you take the employees optimum comfort into consideration and cover all the Health and Safety aspects. First things first… The pregnant employee’s first step is […]
Year on year the percentage of obesity in adults continues to rise. In 2017 the National Office of Statistics together with the NHS, reported that one in four adults were classified as clinically obese. With this comes the need for employers to accommodate for larger-built and employees and plus sized staff in the workplace. As a responsible employer, […]
As well as conducting workstation assessments to help employees feel more comfortable at work, a big focus of ours is to assist people with long-term or progressive mobility disabilities or medical conditions by making their workplace suitable. 95% of the time a workstation assessment involves making suitable alterations, recommendations and education on how to make […]
From 2016-17 8.9 million working days were lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. 38% of these absences were attributed to injury or pain to the back and 45% were reported as upper limb or neck. Although there is a general downward trend of self reported musculoskeletal disorders (we would like to think this is because […]
We all want high staff retention rates in our business, don’t we? This month we asked the experts at BrightHR for their top tips on company culture. When an employee leaves, their skills and their knowledge and their personality all leave with them. We want to keep our skilled workers, and not have to […]
