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Winter is here- get your flu shot

Over one million Kiwis have received their flu shot so far. With flu related hospitalizations already higher than last year, the flu season in New Zealand has started earlier than…

A fatigued worker is like a drunk worker: the importance of monitoring fatigue in the workplace

Fatigue goes beyond the feeling of just being tired, and can be described as extreme mental and/or physical exhaustion. It is well established that fatigue reduces the capacity of a…

Holidays do help the well-being of workers

New studies show that we are becoming increasingly overworked as a society. During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, many people had no choice but to abandon their holiday plans due to…

Managing Overthinking: A roadmap to calming your mind

In its simplest form, overthinking is problem-solving that has gone awry. To overthink is to spend more time repetitively dwelling or ruminating on situations or thoughts than is necessary or…

Lead Indicators: Using the correct metrics to measure health, safety and wellbeing performance

Given the detrimental effects that poor health and safety performance can have on the finances and reputation of a business, as well as on workers and their families, it is…

Privacy in health and safety: part III

Exposure and Health Monitoring What are the rules around health testing? This much is clear: under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its regulations, businesses have an…

Privacy in health and safety: part II

Generating a Privacy Policy The Privacy Act 2020 contains thirteen Information Privacy principles and codes of practice that suggest limits around the way you gather and share information, as explained here. At the same time, the…

Privacy in health and safety: part I

Best Practice – Recording Incidents There may be times when you want to tell everybody at work about an accident in order to prevent it happening again. That’s well and…

Hybrid Work: pros and cons for companies and employees

It has been a year since most workplaces have moved from remote working to a more hybrid model after the lockdowns. Nearly 70 percent of employees now prefer a hybrid…

Tips to avoid driver fatigue on a road trip

Along with some much-needed downtime, for many, holidays and vacations also mean road trips. In our excitement to get to where we’d rather be, time behind the wheel can add…

Category: Blog

Winter is here- get your flu shot

A fatigued worker is like a drunk worker: the importance of monitoring fatigue in the workplace

Holidays do help the well-being of workers

Managing Overthinking: A roadmap to calming your mind

Lead Indicators: Using the correct metrics to measure health, safety and wellbeing performance

Privacy in health and safety: part III

Privacy in health and safety: part II

Privacy in health and safety: part I

Hybrid Work: pros and cons for companies and employees

Tips to avoid driver fatigue on a road trip

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