Flu Season: 7 Tips for Staying Healthy
Every year, flu season has a significant impact on businesses in Australia, leading to costs exceeding millions of dollars due to absenteeism.
Workplace health and safety
How-to Choose a Safety Sign for your Workplace
Making sure that important safety information effectively stands out helps to prevent accidents and injury. Learn what the different safety signs mean and what you will need for each possible situation in your workplace. Meeting WHS requirements and using the proper signage will ensure that your staff and visitors are kept safe. Danger THIS COULD … Read more
Basic First Aid Tips to Keep Your Workplace Safe
Having an understanding of basic workplace first aid is an important part of creating a safe and healthy working environment.
Breathe Easy – How Air Purifiers Work to Keep you Healthy
Shared work spaces, health care, aged care and education facilities are breeding grounds for bacteria, viruses, dust and allergens, harsh chemicals and odours, that leads to workplace sickness/absenteeism.
Things to Consider when Buying a Defibrillator (AED) – A Buyers Guide
With so many alternatives on the market, choosing the right Automated external defibrillator (AED) for your needs can be a difficult task, that is why we’ve put together some helpful tips to guide you in making that potentially life-saving purchase.
Defibrillators Save Lives. You Need to Know How to Use One.
One minute they’re talking to you, and the next they’re on the ground, not breathing and without a pulse. Within 3 minutes, they will have brain damage. Within 10 minutes, they will be dead. Your actions in the next few minutes could save their life. A sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can strike anyone, at any … Read more
5 Effective Health and Safety Procedures for the Workplace
While proper safety precautions will not be able to prevent all accidents, they can certainly reduce risk factors and limit the number of occurrences and potential damage.
The Science of Office Ergonomics
First up, what is ergonomics? Ergonomics and human factors is the science of designing the office or working space to suit the needs of employees. Office ergonomics is vital for maintaining the physical health and wellbeing of workers, ultimately benefitting the business in the process. Office ergonomics include chair and desk positioning, monitor positioning, and … Read more
First Aid Kits: How to Choose the Right One for Your Business
First Aid Kits in the workplace are essential. We hope we won’t need them, but when we do it’s important to know that your business is well stocked with first aid kits that contain all the products and equipment you need. So, how do you know which, of the many first aid kits is right for your … Read more
The Politics of the Office Fridge
From share houses to teenage kids and work colleagues, there’s always someone who’s guilty of producing festy fridge contents. The sandwich that gets forgotten, the tuna mornay leftover from Friday’s luncheon, or the last slice of cake that no one wants to eat are all responsible for a nasty array of smells and bacterial congregations … Read more
