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For the first time ever attendees of ErgoExpo, one of the largest ergonomics conferences in the country, will have an opportunity to see Ergotron and view its full line-up of affordable, wellness-enhancing workspace solutions on exhibit in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 30 through December 2 (booth #441).
With a legacy in designing workspaces for true ergonomic comfort, Ergotron recognizes that traditional, fixed workspaces—no matter how well designed for ergonomics—force knowledge workers into sedentary work routines, putting their health and the health of the organization’ at risk.
“The future of ergonomics must move beyond expensive chairs and keyboards,” said Joel Hazzard, president and CEO of Ergotron, “relying not only on scientific discipline but staying true to its definition, designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities. Fixed workspaces do not always accommodate individual needs and more important, do not encourage the movement our bodies need.”
What attendees can expect to learn when visiting Ergotron is that the health and productivity of every knowledge worker is at risk in even the most optimally designed ergonomic workspace. Long periods of sitting are linked to cancer, obesity, heart disease and early mortality rates, and sitting disease claims the lives of nearly 300,000 Americans a year.
Within any organisation, it tends to be the responsibility of the employer to ensure that employees are provided with the tools and education to carry out their jobs safely.
Working in a manufacturing or construction environment, it is often easy to see evidence of these assessments, high visibility jackets, signage, warning alarms and so on make it easier to appreciate the health and safety risks and considerations for employees and site visitors. But what about the health risks in less ‘dangerous’ working environments, such as the office?
Within any given office the dangers may be less obvious, no heavy machinery for example (vending machines, water coolers and photocopiers excluded) but the apparent calmness of the office does not mean that employees are not at risk from health issues.
What about Workstation ergonomics? Injuries such as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) can potentially lead to long term illness and a loss in productivity yet can often be avoided.
One way to ensure that the tools and education are provided to employees to highlight and minimise risk at the workstation, or desk’ is to carry out a risk assessment on each employee and their workstation, and put in place any corrective actions should a risk be identified, thus creating a healthier, more productive working environment.
East Grinstead based Cardinus Risk Management has announced a sponsorship deal with UK based Ergo Journal, a new web portal dedicated to helping organisations and consumers increase their understanding of ergonomics, and how it can improve health and safety in the workplace.
Ergo Journal aims to be the leading portal for the ergonomics industry. The site includes ergonomics news, latest ergonomics products and product reviews, ergonomics software, changes and effects of ergonomics legislation, DSE and health and safety in the workplace.
A woman has been awarded £125,000 compensation following a House of Lords ruling after her employer made changes to the workplace which could have damaged her voice.
Elizabeth Boyle, who suffers from a rare vocal condition, agreed the pay out with her former employer, SCA Packaging, reports the BBC.
She brought the case after the company changed her working environment which would have threatened her voice.
More than seven in ten HR professionals in the UK (73%) believe there is too much employment law, according to new research by law firm Dickinson Dees.
And over a third (35%) thought a new Government needed to restore the balance of employment law in favour of the employer.
“It is a common misconception that more laws mean greater protection,” said James Wilders, a partner in the Employment team at Dickinson Dees. “Legislation has become increasingly complicated and ambiguous for employers. There comes a point when the added benefit is questionable and must be outweighed by the burden which it places on business.
Employers may not be aware of workplace health and safety regulations when employees work from home, a leading safety consultant has warned.
Cardinus Risk Management said employers need to be aware that employees who work from home fall under the same health and safety regulations as those who work in the office.
The number of people working from home has almost trebled from 921,000 and employers have a duty of care towards those members of staff.
The European Commission has announced a new consultation on the Working Time Directive (WTD), in a bid to create greater flexibility around working time laws for staff.
The consultation, which runs for six weeks, is the first step in a planned “comprehensive review” of the directive.
Issues likely to be discussed include:
- Working hours – in particular the opt out of the 48-hour limit
- ‘On-call’ time
- Flexibility on the averaging of weekly working hours
- Flexibility on the timing of minimum daily and weekly rests