Health Tips for the Office (Office furniture tips included)
No commentsHow to Pick the Correct Office Desk for your job.
When choosing your new office desk take you need to look at how you work? What type of job you do? The type of computer screen can also deter the size of your new office furniture. Having your workstation near a window if possible as this creates a good mood, and allows you to se daylight which makes the day go much quicker, but make sure you have a anti-glare computer screen attached to your VDU.
Ensure you computer screen is at the correct height.
Computer screens placed at the incorrect Height and the wrong position can lead to back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and headaches. To correctly position a screen make sure that the top of the screen is at your eye level and that the monitor is not placed to far away from your body., and directly in front of you, to stop your body from twisting
Avoid Office Affairs
A very high percentage of relationships today happen in the workplace and the highest percentage of them happen with the BOSS. Most office affairs become unhealthy when they go wrong, with increased levels of added stress and depression which can lead to a loss of productivity, morale and also face value with other colleagues. A survey from TakeLegalAdvice.com reveals that 4 per cent of directors of companies with more than 1,000 employees say either that their career benefited from an affair, or that they promoted a lover. So in the end the only person whom seems to benefit is the bosses. Other staff though find it unfair when the person subject of the affair receives benefits that they do not get. Time off, longer lunch breaks, a better office chair then them, the list goes on.
Leave on Time
Normal office hours are 9 to 5 but with greater demands for performance in the office and also pressure from other members of staff, making it harder to escape away from your executive office desk. In large organisations, it is routine to see staff still at there office desk well into the night. This may produce longer hours, but it does not mean better work, as the person, has worked well past the point of efficiency
Use The Stairs
Researchers at the University of Ulster has shown that people who climb the stairs rather than using the lift at work have lower cholesterol, better breathing, healthier hearts and weigh less. This makes the brain is healthier, and means that the staff will produce better quality of work, which benefits the company, and hopefully the wage packet.
Refurbish Your Office
The correct level and position of your office lighting is vital for the mood in the workplace i.e. halogen lamps, uplighters or low voltage lighting. This has also been known to reduce headaches. A new paint job could also boost morale and create a different mood depending on the colour chosen. Providing your employees with the correct office chairs at their workstation or office desk can also improve productivity. Managers usually like those big leather office chairs that they can laze about on all day long. Whilst a VDU operator job is based at the VDU all day, so her chair would need to have height adjustable arms and ergonomic back support. In the UK we spend more on a new desk than we do on a new chair. Look at office screens for reducing noise and creating privacy for your staff.
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