by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Feb 13, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Office Ergonomics, Office Health & Wellbeing, Training, Workplace Health
(Click here for the Beyond Ergo Business Overview). Our world of knowledge work is morphing at an accelerating pace from the occasional use of calculators to the constant and integrated use of computers by all generations for work, study, leisure, and to manage our...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Dec 5, 2023 | Injury Prevention, Office Ergonomics, Training, Workplace Health
Office ergonomic training is common, yet high rates of discomfort among operators continue. Here’s why! When I completed my PhD in 2013, it focused on the role of ergonomic training in WHS and Wellness within the Australian Call Centres. It showed that musculoskeletal...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Jan 26, 2022 | Training, Injury Prevention, Workplace Health
Do your staff use laptops? Did you know the ergonomic standards recommend that working with laptops flat on the work surface be limited to 2 hours a day? Are managers unwittingly increasing exposure to risk to Worker Compensation claims? WorkSafe Qld –...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Mar 19, 2021 | Injury Prevention, Office Health & Wellbeing, Training
◊⁞ Do You Know The Number One Health and Wellbeing Mistake People STILL Make When Working With Computers? ⁞◊ They still see computer work as easy! COMPUTER WORK IS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY STRESSFUL Yet screen-intensive work is both mentally and physically...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Jan 21, 2019 | Injury Prevention, Office Ergonomics, Office Health & Wellbeing
How often do you get headaches and neck pain after working with screens? Imagine the effect on your business when that happens to most of your staff! Pain has been associated with increased absenteeism, presenteeism, and staff turnover, and decreased productivity and...