This factsheets explain how continuous standing or sitting while working is a common source of discomfort and fatigue. Frequent changes of body positions, including alternating between sitting and standing, helps to avoid fatigue.

This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...

This fact sheet covers a wide range of health and safety issues related to teleworking. It includes ergonomic tips for setting up a home office; tips for work scheduling (work load) issues; what is an appropriate home office environment, etc.

This factsheet on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome gives a clear overviews of what the syndrome is, how it occurs and how to treat it. Most importantly, it also gives tips on how to make sure to lower the risks of developing this syndrome.

This brochure presents the main risks for your spine while working

This website provides information about physiological norms and rules for manual handling of weights. It gives insights in the correct European law on this topic.

This website presents videos from the research titled Handling - comparing ways between experts and novices. The videos demonstrate that the experts adopt different postures from those of the novices during handling tasks. These videos can be used to help employees in the correct ways of handling of...