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Standing desks may not be any better for you than office chairs

Workplace Insight

The post Standing desks may not be any better for you than office chairs appeared first on Workplace Insight. The solution is a change in behaviour. The market for standing desks has exploded in recent years and is now worth nearly £10 billion worldwide.

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Proofs by Dana Henry Martin

Mad in America

Because tree stumps have replaced office chairs. Because a city of wind has replaced commercial business parks. Because infinity has been revealed as a tidy line of morel mushrooms too long for the human eye to perceive. Because the trail winds through vacant halls like a poisoned snake.

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Korn Ferry Offices – Sydney

Office Snapshots

Ensuring that comfort was also a priority involved the use of soft furnishings throughout, ranging from cosy booths in the kitchen to ergonomic office chairs and inviting cushioned seating in the waiting areas. This, combined with a refined interplay of diverse finishes and textures, emanates a sense of luxury.

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Can ergonomics in the workplace boost employee retention?

Insperity

Does Kendall have a desk and office chair, or is she planning to work on her laptop from her couch? The fact is, you’re still responsible for the health and safety of those out-of-sight workers because they’re protected by worker’s compensation laws, too. That means you need to ask questions about their work arrangements.

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overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs, my boss won’t give me a budget, and more

Ask a Manager

Overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs. We have an obese employee who has broken several office chairs. As a result, she has used other chairs in the office and broken them. I am getting ready to purchase more chairs and another one that goes up to 400 pounds for her. Here we go….

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Why We Should Be Doing Our DSE Assessments

The Office Management Group

Get to know your chair: how does it raise or lower, can I move the seat pan or the lumbar support? The average price for fairly decent office chairs is around £300 per unit, and can go up to over £1,000 if your employer invests in a higher quality, multi-functional product.

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OLX Group Offices – Sao Paulo

Office Snapshots

The workstations and ergonomic office chairs from the old headquarters were also reused. The phone booths were developed close to the building’s core, making use of the initially blind walls to meet the needs of employees during moments of concentration.