02. Airconditioning and you
Working in fully airconditioned offices or factories has become the norm for many working people over the last few decades. But how healthy is this?
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03. Sitting in meetings
For most people, sitting in one place is what most working days are about. But we were not made to sit in one place all day.
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04. Should I go to work or not?
Sometimes patients wake up with the flu and just know they can't go to work. What are the signs that someone is too sick to report for duty?
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05. No safety net for trapeze artists?
Fancy becoming a circus clown or a wrestler? Bad news is that you might have difficulty getting accident insurance if you took up any of these professions.
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06. Personal problems in the workplace
Only one disgruntled and unbalanced employee in a office can poison an entire work force. Volatile behaviour unsettles other employees and can impact work productivity.
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07. Alcohol abuse and the workplace
South Africans consume over five billion litres of alcohol per year. If alcohol is abused in the community at large, the effects of this will be felt in the workplace.
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08. Avoid office gossip
The old saying about a secret being something that you tell one person at a time applies as much to the workplace as any other aspect of life.
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09. Solutions to everyday niggles
Instead of going out of your mind when you have a minor problem, use your head. Here are a few simple tricks.
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10. Download for dismissal
Your work computer offers temptations that can get you into serious trouble. Here are seven ways in which your PC can get you fired.
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11. Disk 2
Protect your personals, the science of ethics, chat your job away
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12. How to quit graciously
If you’re a member of the human race and have worked for longer than a month, you’ve probably had visions of a fiery, cathartic exit from your job. Bad idea.
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13. Bullied at work?
It is 3 a.m. and you are tossing and turning. Work scenarios – nightmarish ones – are being played off in your head and the office bully features in every single one.
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14. Dealing with sexual harassment
The remarks Jenny's boss keep passing, make her feel highly uncomfortable. She doesn't really know what to do, but she doesn't want to lose her job. What now?
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15. 10 workplace stressors
Your mood was fine until you got to work. Then Ms Malloy turns up the radio. Suddenly, for just a second, you understand how murder is possible.
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16. Driving your coworkers crazy?
Think about it – you probably spend more waking time with your colleagues than you do with your spouse.
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17. Toxic boss?
Shouting, screaming, swearing. Oh yes, and then there are the impossible deadlines and the blame-shifting. Is he the boss from hell?
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18. Are you a problem employee?
We all have them – really bad days at work. But do you rock the boat more than you should? Do you recognise yourself in the following scenarios?
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19. Open-plan office pest?
It should be a basic human right – your own office. But in our downsized, open-plan, multitasked, working world, you’re likely to share workspace. You can hate it or thrive.
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20. Things never to say at work
Every office has one. A person with the kind of tact that would put a buffalo in mating season to shame. What are the things no one should ever say?
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21. Focus despite the furore
You work in an open-plan office that’s a cocktail of distractions. How are you supposed to get any work done?
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22. Desk exercises
Use these exercises to loosen those limbs, and relax those muscles at work - and forget about the strange looks you might get from your colleagues.
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23. All knotted up about office work?
Mondays mean the pain in your wrist, forearm and shoulder will start again. By 5pm it'll feel like someone's run a hot poker all the way up your arm. Welcome to the world of RSI.
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