Workplace Flexibility: Four-Day Work Week

“Research suggest that in an eight-hour work day, the average workers are only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes”. The remaining 5 hours and 7 minutes are usually spent…

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Go Easy On Yourself

Have you messed up at work lately? Hey, don’t stress – everybody makes mistakes. Failure can strike deep at our feelings of self-worth, and after a significant failure, people often…

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The ‘Just Culture’ Concept

If somebody makes a mistake in your organisation, are they better off reporting it or covering it up? According to E Tu NZ, a “Just Culture”  is one where it is…

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Workplace Drug Testing

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, the definition of ‘hazard’ includes: “a person’s behaviour where that behaviour has the potential to cause death, injury, or illness to a person…

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Act FAST – Call 111 for stroke symptoms!

Stroke is the third largest killer in NZ after heart disease and cancer. The Ministry of Health’s campaign to help people recognise the symptoms is anchoring around the acronym FAST •FACE…

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Getting Gluten in Perspective

Gluten is a complex of proteins found in wheat, rye, barley and (sometimes) oats. By extension, it is commonly found in bread, beer, pasta and a wide range of processed…

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Providing a Respectful Workplace Culture

The World Health Organisation defines a respectful workplace as one that: “…encourages trust, responsibility, accountability, mutual respect, open communication and embraces the dignity and diversity of individuals” (more). How can your company…

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What Makes a Workplace Healthy?

The World Health Organisation’s definition of a healthy workplace is: “…one in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety and…

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Participative Ergonomics

Ergonomics aims to control risk factors such as poor posture, musculoskeletal strain, repetition, glare, noise, temperature and vibration. More recently, it has also considered such things as workflow and ‘psycho-social factors’ that…

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Fatigue vs Productivity

Fatigue can lead to errors, accidents, ill-health and injury. It has been identified as a root cause in major accidents such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Challenger and Exxon Valdez…

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