This article presents several economic and legal issues related to home-based teleworking (including the OSH related ones: safety and ergonomics).

Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? In this Ted-ed animated video, Murat Dalkilinç investigates the hidden risks of...

This guide has been put together as an introduction to the management of manual handling in the construction sector. The main objectives of the guide are: To present the business case for managing the hazard of manual handling in construction To outline briefly the legislation that relates to manual...

This factsheet aims to highlight the physical risk factors associated with the manual handling of roof panels and to present examples of how such risk factors can be reduced.

This Guide is provided by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) to support Mmall and Medium Sized Enterprises to carry out a risk assessment. It is intended to conform to the requirement for a risk assessment during operations with manual load handling.

This simple calculator helps to estimate the potential financial benefits of an ergonomics intervention at planning stage. The calculation is based on the salary of the employee or average salary of the employees when more than one employee will be affected; the number of employees; the expected...