01. A livewire in your lunch hour
The lunch hour looms. What to do? Should you stay stuck at your desk with a mound of work with coffee and a greasy pie from the trolley, or should you be more adventurous?
Read02. Feeling out of sorts at work?
You look at your watch, after what feels like a century has passed, and it is 9 minutes later. You feel nauseous, lightheaded and you are sure you have a temperature.
Read 03. Screensaver or eyesaver?
You know the feeling: you spend your day staring at a computer monitor and by mid-afternoon your eyes feel gritty and sore. But there’s hope.
Read 04. Enemies of your back
From the minor but persistent twinge to the white-hot sort that lances up your spine, defying description and limiting movement, we’ve all had back pain.
Read 05. Smoking colleagues
New legislation determines that no-one may smoke in public places. But what can you do if colleagues ignore this?
Read 06. 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?
Read 07. Sitting at work all day?
If you have a job that requires you to sit most of the day, you might need some extra exercise and self-discipline to keep your metabolism going and to control your weight.
Read 08. 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.
Read 09. 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.
Read 10. Personal problems in the workplace
How do you handle personal problems at work? Here are a few guidelines to follow.
Read 11. 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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12. Travelling tips for commuters
Gone are the days when the majority of people worked within walking distance of their homes. These days most people's working lives also entail a fair share of travelling time.
Read 13. Does your desk make you sick?
New research shows what workers have known for years: combining long hours, poor posture and clutter can make you sick.
Read 14. 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.
Read 15. 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.
Read 16. 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?
Read 17. Sick building syndrome
When Mia started getting headaches at work, she put it down to new-job stress, especially as the symptoms eased whenever she left the building.
Read 18. Worked to death?
Corporate wellness is quite a new concept debunking the old theory that to reach success in the workplace, employees should literally work themselves to death.
Read 19. Healthy workers work hard
"A healthy workforce is a productive workforce" is a concept embraced by modern day business minds.
Read 20. Shift work shock
We know that shift work is bad for relationships. It emerges, now, that it's also bad for your health in many more ways
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